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Map of Ashbourne village, Derbyshire, and lands extending about three miles eastwards...
Catalogue reference: MPC 1/35
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This record is about the Map of Ashbourne village, Derbyshire, and lands extending about three miles eastwards... dating from [? 1546] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPC 1/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1546]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map of Ashbourne village, Derbyshire, and lands extending about three miles eastwards from the church. Shows fields, hedges, gates, river, bridges, roads. Ownership of lands and houses given. Buildings, crosses, gates and bridges in perspective. About 20 inches to one mile; width drawn at larger scale: width of lane given in paces. Oriented to the east. Cardinal points shown. The commissioner John Harvour may have made this map: text on the map appears to be in his hand. Signed by the commissioners: Gidfrey Wellys, John Harvour, John Pailer. Endorsed in later hand: 'Asheburne'; 'No 35 Ashborne'. To illustrate depositions in a dispute over enclosure of common of pasture, Sir Thomas Cokeyne v Matthew Knyffton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- [Grid references: OSGB36: SK 180 469; WGS84: 53.01879, -1.73164]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Knyffton's answer to the bill against him is dated Trinity term, 38 Henry VIII, see C1 in DL 3/49
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- DL 31/35
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 134 cm x 36 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Manuscript, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 2524. E M Yates, 'Map of Ashbourne, Derbyshire', in Geographical Journal, vol CXXVI part 4, December 1960, pp 479-481; S Tyacke and J Huddy, Christopher Saxton and Tudor Map-Making, (London, British Library, 1980), pp 16-7, plate 14. R.J.P. Kain and R. Oliver, British Town Maps, (British Library, 2015), pp 66-67, figure 37.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982578/
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MPC 1
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Map of Ashbourne village, Derbyshire, and lands extending about three miles eastwards...
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