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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

Watermark

J Whatman, fleur-de-lis within crownedcartouche and below, ornate W

Level

Drawing

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