Add MS 78124

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdcccxxiv. Maps and plans of Staffordshire.

A. 'A Mapp of the Manour of Sow, Lordship of Coton, Lordship of Herberton, The Forgate Field, Marston Field, and Lordship of Berswich belonging to William Fowler' by Joseph Hawley; 1708. No scale given [approx. 1:3520]. East at top. Depicts named fields with sizes, heathlands, roads, farm buildings, Rivers Penk and Sow, and Sow village. Key lists the total holdings of each landowner. Heavily damaged. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 1460 x 1730mm. Four sheets.

B. 'A Plan and Survey of the Lordships of Sow, Herberton, and Coton, and of part of the Lordship of Basnich in the County of Stafford Belonging to The Right Honble Earl Spencer' by John Corris; 1778. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts named fields with sizes, with owners or tenants of some plots named. Rivers Penk and Sow and the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Navigation, isolated buildings, neighbouring lordships and landowners, roads and paths, ponds, and woodlands are shown. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 2520 x 2020mm. Nine sheets.

C. Plans of Earl Spencer's land in Staffordshire, by John Corris; 1778. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128].

Ink and watercolour on vellum. Two maps on one sheet 790 x 720mm.

1. 'Plan and Survey of the Lordships of Sow, Herberton and Coton and of part of the Lordship of Baswich, in the County of Stafford Belonging to the Right Honourable Earl Spencer'; 1778. North at top. Depicts numbered fields, with sizes, alongside the Rivers Penk and Sow and the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Navigation. Presentation map. 790 x 720mm.

2. 'A Plan and Survey of Lands in the Lordship of Hopton in the County of Stafford, Belonging to The Right Honble Earl Spencer'; 1778. North at top. Depicts scattered, numbered fields, with sizes. Presentation map. 396 x 245mm.

D. Plans of Earl Spencer's land in Staffordshire, copies by John Corris; 1781. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128].

Ink and watercolour on vellum. Two maps on one sheet 460 x 580mm.

1. 'A Plan and Survey of the Manor of Drayton in the County of Stafford Belonging to The Right Honble Earl Spencer surveyed by J. Wilson 1770 and copied by J Corris 1781'. North at top. Numbered fields, with sizes, roads, River Penk, neighbouring owners. 460 x 304mm.

2. 'A Plan and Survey of the lands of Weston upon Trent in the County of Stafford Belonging to The Right Honble Earl Spencer Taken by J. Wilson 1770 and copied by J Corris 1781'. North at top. Scattered numbered fields with sizes, roads, River Trent, canal. 270 x 460mm.