Add MS 78126

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdcccxxvi. Maps and plans of Warwickshire.

A. 'A Mapp of the Manor of Wormleighton in the County of Warwick and Northampton Belonging to the Honble John Spencer Esqr' by John Reynolds; 1734. Scale: 6 chains to the inch [1:4752]. East at top. Depicts the village of Wormleighton, surrounding fields and their names, copses, ponds and lakes, roads, the Oxford Canal, and county and parish boundaries. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 950 x 1135mm.

B. ‘A Plan and Survey of Withibrook Lordship in the County of Warwick Belonging to The Rt Honble Earl Spencer’; 1748. No surveyor named. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North west at top. Depicts village buildings and the surrounding fields. The fields are numbered in anticipation of their details being entered in the key, the grid for which is present but it has not been filled in. Roads are marked and neighbouring lordships are named. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 466 x 582mm.

C. ‘A Plan of the intended Navigable Canal from the Coventry Canal near the City of Coventry to the City of Oxford', by Robert Whitworth, delineator, and J. Cole, sculptor; 1768. Scale: 2 statute miles to the inch [1:126720]. East at top. Depicts the route of the canal, and the rivers and towns it meets. A table indicates the length of each section of the canal and its rise and fall over the course.

Printed. 254 x 655mm.

D. ‘A Plan of the Oxford Canal Navigation through the Estate of the Rt. Honble Earl Spencer at Wormleighton’; 1777. No surveyor named. Scale: 4 chains to the inch [1:3168]. North at top. Depicts the route of the canal and names the field through which it passes. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink on paper. 865 x 1115mm. Two sheets.

E. ‘A Plan & Survey of an Estate at Priors Marston in the County of Warwick Belonging to The Rt Honble Earl Spencer’ by John Corris; 1778. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts named fields with sizes, farm buildings, roads and footpaths, and the names of neighbouring landowners and lordships. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink on paper. 1354 x 1755mm. Four sheets.

F. ‘A Plan and Survey of the Estate at Priors Marston in the County of Warwick Belonging to The Rt Honble Earl Spencer’ by John Corris; 1778. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North at top. Depicts numbered plots being fields and woods. A key names the plots and gives the size of each. Roads and paths through the estate are also marked and the amount of land taken up by the roads is indicated. Neighbouring landowners and lordships are named. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 423 x 544mm.

G. ‘A Plan of the Manor of Wormleighton in the Counties of Warwick and Northampton Belonging to The Right Honble Earl Spencer copyed from A Plan made in the Year 1734 by John Corris in 1779’; 1779. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North at top. Depicts named fields, county boundaries, roads, the Oxford Canal, and Wormleighton village. Neighbouring parishes are named. Decorative title cartouche in the style of a Japanese garden with a pagoda. Heavily damaged down the centre of the map. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 706 x 640mm.

H. 'A Plan and Survey of Withebrook Lordship in the County of Warwick. Belonging to The Rt Honble Earl Spencer Surveyed in the Year 1748 By and this Copy Made By John Corris 1781'; 1781. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North at top. Depicts the fields in the lordship, some named, with sizes of each. The boundaries with neighbouring lordships and roads are marked. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 465 x 610mm.

I. 'Rough plan of Flecknoe'; [18th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:3520]. Detailed plan of fields, some named, with sizes. An un-named settlement [possibly Southam], where roads from Rugby, Banbury, and Byfield converge, is in the centre of the map. Draft.

Ink on paper. 605 x 830mm.

J. Two plans of Wormleighton Church by E. Blaby; 1819. Ink and watercolour on paper, with pencil annotations.

Two plans on sheet 520 x 760mm.

1. 'Plan of Wormleighton Church for new Pewing'. 410 x 250mm.

2. 'Plan of Wormleighton Church in its present state'. 405 x 275mm.

K. 'Map of the Wormleighton Estate' by Joseph Gilbert; 1856. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North at top. Depicts the village of Wormleighton, surrounding fields, roads, the Oxford Canal, and county and parish boundaries.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 910 x 655mm.

L. 'Plan of The Wormleighton Farm in the Occupation of Mr Thomas Fabling' by Joseph Gilbert; 1856. Scale: 5 chains to the inch [1:3960]. North at top. Depicts the fields, roads passing through the farm, parish boundaries, and the Oxford Canal. A key gives field names, type, and size. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper, with pencil annotations. 635 x 970mm.

M. 'Plan of The Priors Marston Estate in the County of Warwick the Property of the Right Honble Earl Spencer' by Joseph Gilbert; 1858. Scale: 5 chains to the inch [1:3960]. East at top. Depicts fields, roads, footpaths, water courses, and isolated properties. Neighbouring parishes are named. Drainage details for each field are given. A numbered key gives the name, description, size, and occupier of each plot of land. Pencil annotations indicate which parcels are occupied by the Prior's Marston Allotment and Small Holding Association, which parcels are under new occupiers, or have been sold. Presentation map with annotations suggesting it was later used as a draft for another version.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 105 x 880mm.

N. 'Prior's Marston in the County of Warwick the property of The Rt Honorable Earl Spencer'; [19^th cent.?]. No scale given [approx. 1:4320]. East at top. Depicts fields, roads, footpaths, water courses, and isolated properties. Neighbouring parishes are named and a numbered key gives the name, description, size, and occupier of each plot of land. Copy.

Ink and watercolour tracing on waxed linen. 1115 x 950mm.

O. 'Plan of Two Pieces of Land in The Parish of Priors Marston'; [19^th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. Depicts two pieces of pasture, with neighbouring landowners named. A key gives the size of each plot.

Ink on paper. 235 x 325mm.