Sketchbook of 23 drawings and watercolours documenting a journey from Calcutta to Ghazipur (Bihar) in the winter of 1849.
Scope & Content:
Small artist sketchbook containing both pen and ink drawings and drawings coloured with watercolour. Folios are annotated with both captions, as well as the artist's notes regarding colour and commentary about the views. The views document his/her journey from Calcutta along the Hoogly and up th...
War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
Scope & Content:
Source material used for making and revising maps, or created in the course of map production. Supporting the topographical intelligence requirements of the United Kingdom government and armed forces, the archive primarily comprises cartographic items including sketch maps done by intelligence of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1955
Extent:
400 map trays and 150 boxes of foolscap pages, approximately
Writing by Henry Columbell esquire, John Rollesley, Ranald Cokayn and Robert Lee, gentlemen, and 'Sir' Richard Johnson, parson of Darley, requesting alms for the support of a priest in the chapel of St Mary in Beeley in Derwentdale, recently founded by 'Sir' John Eyre, chaplain, and for which Th...
Lease from John Norton, the abbot, and the convent of Beauchief to 'Sir' John Blakwalle, chantry priest, of Dronfield, of the farm of Harewood Grange for 80 years, with successive remainders to Christopher and Robert Blakwalle, his brothers, to Thomas, son of Christopher, John, son of Robert, an...
Lease, for the sum of 22s., from George Anabull of Hognaston, son of Roger Annabull of co. Derby, labourer, to Robert Beynbryg of same, husbandman, of a close called Medowe Croft in Hognaston lying between the Dympulls on the south side and Wade Croft, in which croft the said George was seized b...
Bond, in £200, from John Allsopp of Hognaston, co. Derby, yeoman, to John Kirkeland of Wheatcroft, co. Derby, yeoman, to perform covenants. Dated as: 12 June, 12 James I
17th century, 'A true copie of a deed' of the sale by Sir William de Gratton, knight, to Henry de Aldham and Margate his wife, of the wardship and marriage of Hugh, son and heir of Robert de Stanton, and custody of his lands. Dated as: Tuesday after St Mary Magdalene, 5 Edward III
Bond by Ralph Saucheverell, esquire, and John Saucheverell, his son and heir, to Henry Alyn and Nicholas his son, for £20, for the observance of the conditions of the Release of 29 September 1484, of lands in Stanton Woodhouses. Dated as: Thursday before St Michael the archangel, 2 Richard III
Letter testimonial from Ralph Saucheverell esquire, and John Saucheverell, his son and heir apparent, that a yearly rent of 10s. and the suit to Alport mill, released by them to Henry Alyn and Nicholas, his son, were never entailed to them nor to any of their ancestors. Dated as: Thursday afte...
Writing, whereby John Knyfton, gentleman, and Nicholas Smetheley, both of Stanton, and Nicholas Bradbery of Gratton, and other men, testify that Henry Alyn of Stanton Lees in Youlgreave is heir to lands given him by John his father, and that the same were 'at makyng of the seyd evedense', and th...