V. Giovanni Rosig[nuoli]: Letter to Marco [Argo?]; n. pl., n.d. [18th cent.?] Italian. Transferred from Department of Printed Books, 26 March 1998. Paper; ff. 122-122v. 272 x 200mm.
W. Notes on the route from Cheltenham to Malmesbury via Birdlip, Painswick, Stroud, Cirencester, and other places, almost certainly by the antiquary Thomas Leman of Bath (b. 1751, d. 1826); early 19th cent. The notes give details of the views and antiquities to be seen on or near the route, and...
X. Letter from William Burton, enclosure commissioner, to William Wainman, of Carr Head near Kildwick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 25 Nov. 1816. The letter consists of notes of allotments of land to Wainman and sketch plans of the three allotments involved. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley,...
Y. Letter from the cartographer John Arrowsmith to 'my dear Mary', 30 Apr. 1869. The map mentioned in the letter is probably Arrowsmith's small map of central Asia on a scale of 1:5702400 (90 miles to an inch), which was unfinished at his death but published in 1876 with additions and correctio...
Z. Letter from Francis Wharton to Michael Woodcock, including a sketch-plan relating to the enclosure of common land in Hatfield Lings, West Riding of Yorkshire, 6 July 1818. Wharton was an inclosure commissioner and active as a surveyor in Nottinghamshire 1823-1848. See entry W 264 in Diction...