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[1] Survey drawing of estate, 1789
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Reference number
SM 3/3/14
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing of estate, 1789
Aspect
Plan of / Moggerhanger Lodge and Park / in the County of Bedford / the Estate of / Godfrey Thornton Esqr with elevations of a gate and two fences
Scale
Scale of Chains and Links (surveyor's measure: a chain is 100 links or 4 rods long, equivalent to 66 feet)
Inscribed
as above, labelled Leasow's and Willington Field and Circum[ferenc]e 612 Rods or near 2 Miles Contents 123 Acres
Signed and dated
- 1789
E.W.Townly / 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, green, burnt Sienna, brown madder and sepia washes, shaded with double ruled border on laid paper (500 x 703)
Hand
Surveyor EW Townly, draughtsman
E.W.Townly, surveyor
E.W.Townly, surveyor
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis within crownedcartouche and below, ornate W
Level
Drawing
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