Map and survey of estates of Nathaniel Dalton

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. gen. e. 69, [Maps] MS. C17:54(27)
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1784-1821
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Map and survey of estates of Nathaniel Dalton in Cucklington and Wincanton (Somerset), Hinton St. Mary (Dorset) and Mere (Wiltshire), made by William Tubb, 1784-5, with additions in 1797, annotated by Dalton to 1821. Map on parchment; scale to 1:4,752.

Administrative / Biographical History

Nathaniel Dalton owned land in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire; William Tubb was a surveyor.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Given to the Library by S.A. Warner in 1940.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 54238-9.

Related Material

See also a map (1809) of Nathaniel Dalton's farm in West Stour, by Jeremiah Cruse, [Maps] MS. C17:26(16); and maps of Clinger farm and other land in Cucklington belonging to Nathaniel Dalton, surveyed by Jeremiah Cruse in 1809, [Maps] MS. C17:54(22-3).