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D5875 - Manor of Belper and Heage - 1698

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5875/1
Title	Map of Belper and Heage Manor
Date	1698
Description	Showing boundaries of manor of Heage, property of Sir William Stanhope. Surveyor: John Halton. For copy, see CD/29 This map is described in the Derbyshire Record Society's "A Catalogue of Local Maps of Derbyshire c.1528–1800" (compiled by Harold Nichols, revised by Mary Wiltshire assisted by Susan Woore, published 2012). The description reads as follows: Belper and Headge in Com. Derb. Surveighed Anno Domi 1698 by Mr John Halton: Plotted over again with an addition of the boundaries of Sir William Stanhops Mannor of Headge. Surveyor:John Halton. Scale: 60 chains or ¾ of an English mile [l:9500] divided in 5 and 10 chain segments. Size: 52 x 43 cm. Materials: coloured ink on parchment. Centred on: SK357497 Notes: top of sheet west, compass points in margins. Shows division of common between Belper and Heage with 'wall of partition', 603 acres in each township in various parcels within perimeter red line: a second yellow boundary [the addition in title] overlaps first to include Heage Common: bridges drawn at Bull Bridge and over Bucklands Brook with other topographical details primarily boundary marks, eg 'pinnicle upon the Stone Hill': houses, buildings and Chapel in elevation: house or tenants name: 'Courte House', 'smithy', 'Belper Dam' noted: roads, paths, bridges, gates: table lists parcels with reference letters: some additions by later hand, eg 'cole pitts in question'. Location: DRO, D5875; copies in DRO, D369 MAPS/15; DRO, mf722; DRO, CD29; Derbyshire Record Office (Local Studies collection) LS/FILES/942.51BEL
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Manor of Belper and Heage
Format	Map/Plan
Physical Description	Parchment, col
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.

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