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Add MS 15533
- Record Id:
- 032-002087307
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087307
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x0002e3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15533
- Title:
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COLORED PLANS of Encampments and dispositions of the Army in Great Britain, from 1778 to 1782; surveyed and drawn by Capt. George Morrison, Lieut. Paterson, and Capt. J. W. Green, and dedicated to King George III. Prefixed are tables and abstracts of the encampment and cantonments; the general establishment of the forces, 1776 ; distribution of the troops each year ; and plans for encamping horse and foot. Oblong Quarto. 15,533. The plans given are:-Buckland Down, near Plymouth; Portsmouth and Gosport; Salisbury; Winchester; Cox Heath, near Maidstone; Warley Common, near Brentwood; Cavenham Heath, near Bury St. Edmunds; Aldborough ; Lexden, Tenpenny, and Hornwood Heaths, near Colchester; London, and environs; Dartford Heath ; Waterdown Forest near Tunbridge Wells; Ranmer Common, near Dorking; Tiptrey Heath; Danbury Common; Blackheath; Finchley Common; Windsor Little Park; Roborough Down; Lenham Heath; Chatham; Sheerness; Harwich and Landguard Fort; Broomswell Common, near Woodbridge; Hounslow Heath and Esher; with general map.; of the disposition of the troops in 1778-1782; Survey- of the country from Rye to Hastings, 1779; plan of the hundred of Lothingland, with the environs of Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1782; Lines near Billericay, 1781; plan of Playdon Heights, 1778 ; sketch of Brabourne Leese, between Ashford and Hythe, 1778; Lines between Croydon and Epsom, 1779; on Boxley Hill, and Callum Hill, Kent, 1781 ; and a large plan of the environs of Plymouth.
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Cox Heath, Kent: Plan of encampment there.
Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Plan of encampment.
Hornwood Heath, Colchester: Plan of encampment there.
Harwich; Essex: Plan of Harwich and Landguard fort.
Captain Justly Watson Green: Plans of encampments for the army in Great Britain: 1778-1782.
Gosport, Hampshire: Plan of encampment there.
Finchley, Middlesex: Plan of encampment there.
Esher, Surrey: Plan of encampment there.
Dartford, Kent: Plan of encampment on the heath.
Lenham, Kent: Plan of encampment there.
Croydon, Surrey: Plan of the Military Lines from Croydon to Epsom: 1779.
Lexden, Essex: Plan of encampment there.
Chatham, Kent: Plans of the encampment, dockyard and lines: 1756.
Cavenham Heath, Bury St. Edmunds: Plan of encampment there.
Callum Hill, Kent: Plan of the encampment there: 1781.
Buckland Down, Plymouth: Plan of encampment there.
Broomswell Common, Woodbridge: Plan of encampment at.
Brabourne Leese, between Ashford and Hythe: Sketch of: 1778.
Boxley, Kent: Plan of encampment: 1781.
Blackheath, Kent: Plan of encampment.
Danbury, Essex: Plan of encampment on Danbury Common.
Rye, Sussex: Survey of the country, to Hastings: 1779.
Playden Heights, Sussex?: Plan of encampment there: 1778.
Warley Common, Essex: Plans of encampment there.
Tiptrey Heath, Essex: Plan of encampment there.
Tenpenny Heath, Colchester: Plan of encampment there.
Hounslow Heath, Middlesex: Plan of encampment there.
Salisbury, Wiltshire: Plan of encampment there.
Roborough Down, Devon: Plan of encampment there.
Ranmer Common, Dorking: Plan of encampment there.
Portsmouth, Hampshire: Plan of encampment there.
Plymouth, Devon: Plait of the environs of.
Lieutenant Paterson: Plans of encampments of the army in Great Britain: 1778 1782.
Major-General George Morrison: Plans of encampments for the army in Great Britain: 1756-1782.
Hundred of Lothingland, Suffolk: Plan of, with the envirous of Yarmouth: 1782.
London, England: Plan of encampment in its environs.
Sheerness, Kent: Plan of encampment there.
Windsor, Parks: Plan of encampment in the Little Park.
Encampments: Plans of, in Great Britain: 1756-1793.
England General Chronicles and History: Plans of encampments for the army in Great Britain: 1756-1793.
Waterdown Forest, Tunbridge Wells: Plan of encampment there.
City of Winchester: Plan of encampment near Winchester.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087307
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002087307
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1778
- End Date:
- 1782
- Date Range:
- 1778-1782
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Georgian Britain, (online), 14 May 2015-
The American Revolution, (online), 17 June 2016- - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Disposition of the troops and general view of the patroles in and about London on account of the riots in 1780. Exhibited: Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Military map showing the areas in which troops were deployed during the Gordon riots, 1780. Exhibited: "Georgian Britain" (online), 14 May 2015-.
Plan of encampments in London. Exhibited: "The American Revolution" (online), 17 June 2016-.
- Names:
- Green, Justly Watson, 2nd Baronet, army officer, d 1862
Harwich, Essex
Morrison, George, Major-General
Paterson, Lieutenant - Places:
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Blackheath, Kent
Boxley, Kent
Brabourne Lees, Kent
Broomswell Common, Woodbridge
Buckland Down, Plymouth
Callum Hill, Kent
Cavenham Heath, Bury St Edmunds
Chatham, Kent
Cox Heath, Kent
Croydon, Surrey
Danbury, Essex
Dartford, Kent
Esher, Surrey
Finchley, Middlesex
Gosport, Hampshire
Hornwood Heath, Colchester
Hounslow Heath, Middlesex
Lenham, Kent
Lexden, Essex
London, United Kingdom
Lothingland, Hundred of, Suffolk
Playden Heights, Sussex?
Plymouth, Devon
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Ranmer Common, Dorking
Roborough Down, Devon
Rye, Sussex
Salisbury, England
Sheerness, Kent
Tenpenny Heath, Colchester
Tiptrey Heath, Essex
Warley Common, Essex
Waterdown Forest, Tunbridge Wells
Westminster, England
Winchester, England
Windsor, England