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Reference code
GC/BUR/MAP/02/09/09.1-02
Unique identifier
GB 2198 GC/BUR/MAP/02/09/09.1-02
Title
A topographical description of a new and correct plan of the demesne lands of the manor of Croxley and Snells Hall in the parishes of Rickmansworth and Watford in the county of Hertford, belonging to and part of the possession of Gonvile and Caius Coll
Date(s)
- Apr 1766-May 1766 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 map Paper on linen, ink, coloured, damaged, 118cm x 95cm manuscript
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Scope and content
Map is in the style of Joseph Freeman, who was paid for surveying Rickmansworth in the half year ending Lady day 1769 (Bursar's Book, 1758-75). Freeman possibly employed Backer, who drew this copy. Scale, 1:3249.
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Finding aids
See cartobibliography of estates maps, compiled by Sarah Bendall for further detailed description and information. This list was compiled as part of Sarah Bendall's research for S. Bendall, Maps, Land and Society; a history (Cambridge, 1992) dealing with Cambridgeshire estate maps
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Note
RM XXIX. See Bursar's Book 1758-75