Add MS 78137

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdcccxxxvii. Maps and plans of Harleston, co. Northt.

A. 'A Plan of an Estate in the Parish of Harleston in the County of Northampton belonging to Robert Andrew Esqe. including the adjoining Estate belonging to Harleston Rectory 1821', by John Davis Jnr.; 1821. Scale: 4 chains to the inch [1:3168]. East at top. Shows numbered fields, plantations, roads, neighbouring lordships, Harleston village, with an enlarged plan of part of the village. Includes key and details of 1867 additions. Presentation map with annotations suggesting it was later used as a draft for another version.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 1432 x 1264mm. Four sheets.

B. Survey of Harleston Heath, by William Bonsor; 1831.

1. ‘Survey of Harleston Heath’; [1831?]. Table giving details of composition and total size of 15 named and numbered areas such as fields, roads, and racecourse. Paper; f.1. 208 x 332mm.

2. 'Map of Harleston Heath the Property of Earl Spencer’. No scale given [approx. 1:2640]. North at top. Numbered areas of wood, covert, roads, and racecourse corresponding with relevant entry in written survey above giving details of composition of each area and total size. Presentation map. Ink and watercolour on paper. 631 x 515mm.

C. 'Harleston in the County of Northampton 1838', by James Bonsor; 1838. Scale: 2 chains to the inch [1:1584]. East at top. Shows buildings, roads, paths, and services [indicated by red lines?]. Draft.

Ink on paper. 1242 x 717mm. Two sheets.

D. 'A Plan of the village of Harleston in the County of Northampton corrected to March 1874' [by W. Hull?]; 1874. Scale: 4 chains to the inch [1:3168]. North east at top. Depicts Harleston House, the village, roads, the village pond, and individual buildings, some named. Main drains are also marked. Heavily damaged along the folds and at the bottom left hand corner. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 774 x 567mm.

E. 'A Plan of the village of Harleston in the County of Northampton corrected to March 1874', by W. Hull; 1874. Scale: 4 chains to the inch [1:3168]. North east at top. Depicts the village, roads and paths, a quarry, neighbouring fields and woodland, the village pond, and individual buildings, some named. Each property and piece of land is numbered, referring to a separate key which gives the name, state of cultivation, and size. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 777 x 560mm. Two sheets.

F. 'Map of the village of Harleston belonging to the Right Honourable Earl Spencer, and others'; [19th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:3168]. East at top. Depicts the village, pond, roads and paths, neighbouring fields. Properties and lands are numbered and refer to a key alongside the map giving details of tenant, freeholds, and farmhouses. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 723 x 625mm.

G. Anonymous watercolour of Harleston House; [19th cent.?].

207 x 286mm mounted in card frame 330 x 430mm.

H. Plans of Harlestone schools by George Devey; [19th cent.?]. 1/8th scale [1:96].

Ink and watercolour on paper. Three plans pasted on sheet 56 x 76 cm.

1. 'Ground Plan'. 247 x 332mm.

2. 'Elevation'. 247 x 332mm.

3. 'Elevation'. 247 x 332mm.