| Description | 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:
A map of the wast grounds and commons within the towne of Bradwall as they were surveyed and taken by me according to my best skill on Oath and since laid out and divided by the Commissioners directions into two Equall p[ar]ts quantity and quality considered. The Red Lines circumscribing the parts laid out for the King and marked with the letter R containeing in Statute Measure 673 a[cres] 1 r[ood] 26 p[erches]. The Yellow Lines circumscribing the parts laid out for the Freeholders and Tenants marked with the letter T containeing in Statute Measure 678 a[cres] 1 r[ood] 21 p[erches] April the 6th 1688 By me Peter Barker. [Signed] Jo. Bullok. John Bagshawe. Surveyor: Peter Barker. Scale: 40 Poles in one inch [1:7900]: rule is surmounted by a well drawn and decorated pair of dividers. Size: 37 x 59 cm. Materials: coloured ink on parchment. Centred on: SK168815 Notes: cardinal points in the margin and orientation is more accurate than earlier Bradwell Commons maps, top of sheet south. Shows wastes and commons of Bradwell Moor, 1352 acres partitioned and divided by grade (best and worst) areas and Bradwell Edge, 192 acres, not divided or partitioned: boundary marks named, 'yates', meres, place names: houses indicate Bradwell village and positions on boundary: path, dotted lines. Location: The National Archives, Kew: PRO, MPC 1/52: copies in The National Archives, Kew: PRO, MPC 1/52; endorsed; '... Coppy for Mr Eyre'; by a different draftsman. Materials: ink on paper; DRO, D920 Z/Z/2, photocopy. |