Derbyshire-Higham-1762 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20383

Map Date:

1762

Repository reference:

Derbyshire RO D.841B/P1

Historic county:

Derbyshire

Town name:

Higham

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK389591

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 4258

Map title:

'A rough plan of the manor and parish of Shirland in the county of Derby surveyed in 1762 by James Crow & Thos. Marsh.'

Comments on map:

A note below the title says that the map is explained by a separate 'Field Book'. A 'rough plan' more in finish than in accuracy.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

James Crow & Thos Marsh [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

109 x 135

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, Reference system, land-use, uncertain: Some fields lime green; commons pale yellow.

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished: Inhabited hatched, other stippled.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

Derbyshire RO D.841.B/P1.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 2.0-inch, in red.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1876-7

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560