Reference
R1/57
Title
OAKLEY - A Plan of the Parish of Oakley and Mannor of Oakley Reynes in the County of Bedford Being the Estate of his Grace The Most Noble John Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavestock Lord Russell Baron Russell of Thornhaugh and Baron Howland of Streatham.
Date free text
1737
Production date
From: 1737 To: 1737
Scope and Content
Watercolour on parchment: 45" x 75"
Surveyor John Davis.
26.6" = 1 mile. Strip map.
Very detailed. Appears to have been used as a draft for the 1797 map which Dr. Fowler copied in Bedfordshires Historical Record Society Quarto Mem. II. New houses and small enclosures have been plotted on to the map and some owners names have been added. Houses which no longer existed at this later date are marked with a cross, e.g. the earlier "Oakley House", called "Odell's". Scrollwork cartouche surmounted by a crown; colourful compass rose; scale enclosed by scrollwork. Part of the map cut away - the Ducal arms removed? Table of tenants names and freeholders and "collegeholders".
Related Material
PU 67/1973
Format
watercolour on parchment
Reference
Level of description
item