Add MS 78147

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdcccxlvii. Strixton.Maps and plans of Strixton, co. Northt.

A. 'A Plan and Survey of Strixton Lordship and of Four parcels A, B, C, & D in the Lordship of Grendon in the County of Northampton'; [18^th cent.?]. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. No surveyor named. North at top. Depicts fields with names and sizes, boundaries, and roads. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 335 x 600mm.

B. 'A Plan and Survey of Strixton Lordship and of Four Parcels A, B, C, & D in the Lordship of Grendon in the County of Northampton'; [18th cent.?]. No surveyor named [John Corris?]. Scale: 9 chains to the inch [1:7128]. North at top. Depicts named fields, with sizes, roads and paths, buildings, and neighbouring lordships. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on vellum. 320 x 610mm.

C. 'The Parish of Strixton in the County of Northampton, the property of the Right Honble John Charles, Earl Spencer, surveyed under the Tithe Commutation Act in 1843', by Joseph Gilbert; 1843. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Certified as a correct copy of the map referred to in the Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes by the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales [William Blamire and T. W. Buller] and by Robert K. Dawson, Assistant Tithe Commissioner. Depicts numbered fields, roads, buildings, a river, and a railway. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 970 x 2030mm.

D. 'Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes in the Parish of Strixton in the County of Northampton'; 1844. Schedule of lands, valuations, and rents payable to the landowners, the Rector of Strixton, Earl Spencer, and the Vicar of Wollaston, in lieu of tithes. The schedule lists the tenants of Earl Spencer, the name of the land occupied, its state of cultivation, its size, and the total rent payable.

Paper and vellum; ff. 9.

E. 'The Parish of Strixton in the County of Northampton, the property of the Rt Honble Earl Spencer', by Joseph Gilbert; 1853. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts numbered fields, properties, and woodlands, referring to a key which gives details such as occupier, name and size of each field. Draft, possibly prepared on a plane table.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 1002 x 2070mm.

F. 'Plan of draining done on Mr Walker’s farm at Strixton, 1880, 1881', by G. F. Bearn; [aft. 1881]. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts fields with drains marked in blue.

Ink and watercolour on waxed linen. 325 x 375mm.

G. 'Plan of part of Mr Gibbard’s Farm at Strixton drained 1881 & 1882', by G. F. Bearn; [aft. 1882]. Scale: 3 chains to the inch [1:2376]. North at top. Depicts fields with drains marked in blue.

Ink and watercolour on waxed linen. 380 x 350mm.