Add MS 78110

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdcccx. Bucks.

A. ‘Exacta et accuratissima Mensuratio Menerii et Parochia de Dunton in Comitatu Bucks pertinens ad Saram nobilissimam Ducissam viduam dotalem Principis Iohannis de Marlborough’ by Johannis Overton; 1733. Scale: 16 poles to the inch [1:3168]. North west to the top. Highly detailed map depicting individual partitions of fields with names of tenants and total area of each parcel of land. Common land, neighbouring parishes and landowners, roads, and village also depicted. Includes a table giving the total area of each landowner’s holdings and the sum total of the area of the parish. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 940 x 1377mm. Two sheets.

B. ‘A Plan and Survey of the Estates in the Parishes of Great and Little Kimbell, Great and Little Hampton, Stone & Ellsborough in the County of Buckingham Belonging to the Rt Honble Earl Spencer’ by John Corris; 1777. No scale given [approx. 1:3520]. Depicts named and numbered fields, with total area of each, roads, isolated buildings, neighbouring lordships and landowners. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 2574 x 1355mm. Eight sheets.

C. ‘A Plan and Survey of the Estates in the Parishes of Great and Little Kimbell, Great and Little Hampden, Stone, and Ellsborough in the County of Bucks Belonging to The Rt Honble Earl Spencer’ by John Corris; 1777. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1: 7128]. North at top. Depicts named fields, with sizes, roads and buildings. Neighbouring landowners are named. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 825 x 544mm.

D. ‘A Plan and Survey of Dunton Parish in the County of Bucks Belonging to the Right Honble Earl Spencer’ by John Corris; 1783. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts named fields with total area, woodlands, roads, paths and bridleways, neighbouring lordships and landowners, and village buildings. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 1986 x 884mm. Three sheets.

E. Untitled map of lands around [Castlethorpe], co. Bucks; [18th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 5 chains to the inch [1:3960]. South east at top. Depicts named and numbered fields, some divided into smaller portions. Some landowners or tenants are named. Roads and [Castlethorpe] village are depicted. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 1192 x 1280mm. Four sheets.

F. Untitled plan of fields; [18th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:792]. Location unknown [co. Bucks.]. Depicts fields, with sizes, roads to London and Burnham, some properties, and a water mill. Imperfect.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 860 x 390mm.

G. ‘Plan of New Penring At Castle Thorp in the County of Buckingham’ by [?] Jackson; [1827?]. Scale: 5 feet to the inch [1:60]. Elevation and plan of new pens.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 474 x 392mm.

H. ‘By the Order of the Revd the Archdeacon of Bucks an Estimate of work and materials for Castle Thorp Church’; [1827?]. Attached to 78110 G.

Paper; ff. 1.

I. ‘Plan of the Stantonbury Estate the property of the Rt Hon. Earl Spencer’; [19th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 8 chains to the inch [1:6336]. North at top. Depicts numbered, colour-coded fields, railway and rivers running through the land, and some isolated buildings. Table gives details of the name of each field, the type of land (arable, pasture etc.), and the total area. Drains are marked in some riverside fields. Presentation map with annotations suggesting it was later used as a draft for another version.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 760 x 544mm.

J. Untitled plan of the route of a proposed railway; [19th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 0.25 miles to the inch [1:15840]. Section and plan of the route of the railway as it passes through Earl Spencer’s land around Castlethorpe. Numbered key details the type of land (arable, pasture etc) and the occupier.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 200 x 310mm.