Ordnance Survey Drawings

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• [Althorne]

  [Althorne]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This drawing covers the course of the River Crouch. Field boundaries on the marshlands of New Eng...  [More details]

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• [Ancaster]

  [Ancaster]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Ancaster was built on the site of an ancient Celtic settlement, Causennae. It became an important...  [More details]

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• [Anstey]

  [Anstey]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This plan details the borders of Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. The close attention giv...  [More details]

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• [Axminster]

  [Axminster]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The dark brushwork used by the draughtsman to describe relief makes the place names and details o...  [More details]

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• [Beaulieu]

  [Beaulieu]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This drawing covers a section of the south coast bordering the Solent and Southampton Water. The ...  [More details]

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• [Belper]

  [Belper]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  There is no hill sketching on this drawing, suggesting it is an intermediate version. Yellow line...  [More details]

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• [Bickleigh]

  [Bickleigh]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Although it was not until 1816 that recording archaeological sites became obligatory, the draught...  [More details]

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• [Blendworth]

  [Blendworth]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The county boundary with Sussex is marked on the right edge of this drawing by a black pecked lin...  [More details]

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• [Boxstead]

  [Boxstead]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The draughtsman used Balsham Steeple and West Wickham Steeple at the top left of this plan as tri...  [More details]

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• [Braintree]

  [Braintree]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Although it was not obligatory to record archaeological sites until 1816, many draughtsmen displa...  [More details]

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