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01 Title page
02 Key sheet index and plan
03 Reference to plan of town and gardens of Mistley Thorn
04 Plan of town and gardens of Mistley Thorn and reference to demesne of Mistley Hall [next image]
05 Plan of demesne of Mistley Hall
06 Reference and plan of Trinity Land in Mistley and Lawford
07 Reference and plan of Ford Farm in Mistley and Lawford property of Robert Leech
08 Reference and plan of Stacies in Mistley and Lawford property of John Barton
09 Reference and plan of Dickley Hall in Mistley and Lawford property of Samuel Risbee
10 Reference and plan of New Hall in Mistley and Bentley property of Joseph Nunn
11 Reference and plan of Abbots Hall in Mistley, Tendring and Bentley property of Widow Day and son
12 Reference and plan of Marjerys Hall in Mistley
13 Reference and plan of Heath Farm in Mistley property of Francis Sizer
14 Reference and plan of Bockins and Martins in Mistley property of John Carrington
15 Reference and plan of Nether Hall in Bradfield property of John Carrington
16 Reference and plan of Creeks Farm, Parsonage Land, Cookes Field and Chapel Land in Bradfield and Castle Pightle in Tendring
17 Reference and plan of Everitts in Wix property of William Cutting
18 Reference and plan of Bradfield Lodge in Bradfield and Wix property of Thomas Nunn
19 Reference and plan of Bradfield Hall in Bradfield property of William Carrington
20 Reference and plan of Crossmans Farm in Bradfield and Wix property of Abraham Carrington
21 Reference and plan of Cules and Ferrys in Bradfield property of Samuel Carrington
22 Reference and plan of Wix Lodge in Wix property of Thomas Nunn
23 Reference and plan of Wix Dairy House, Wix and Bradfield and Witchells in Wix property of Nathaniel Cutting
24 Reference and plan of Apinells in Wix and Bradfield property of William Cutting
25 Reference and plan of Turners Land in Lawford property of Henry Blomfield
26 Reference and plan of Leeches in Mistley and Lawford
27 Reference and plan of Thorp Park Manor in Thorpe-le-Soken property of William Daniel
28 Reference and plan of Whiteheads Land in Thorpe-le-Soken property of Thomas Nicholson
29 Reference and plan of Collips in Kirby-le-Soken and Thorpe-le-Soken property of Thomas Palmer
30 Reference and plan of Walton Hall in Walton-le-Soken property of John Barnard
31 Reference and plan of Walton Salts
32 Reference and plan of Hubbards Land in Walton-le-Soken property of Richard Savage
33 Reference and plan of Aldertons Land in Stratford and Old Salt Meadows in Stratford and Bergholt, Suffolk
34 Reference and plan of Pond Hall and Catlins in Brantham, Suffolk property of John Reynolds
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Title:
'A survey of the manor of Mistley ...'
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
RIGBY FAMILY OF MISTLEY
Level: Sub-Fonds
ESTATE
Scope and Content:
Full title: 'A survey of the manor of Mistley and part of the manors of Bradfield, Thorp, Kirby, Walton, & Dale Hall in the county of Essex, and Old Hall, Over Hall, Nether Hall, & Brantum Hall in the county of Suffolk. The estate of the Right Honble Richard Rigby. By Bernd Scalé, 1778'.
Scale between 16 and 7.2 inches to 1 mile (Plan of Mistley Thorn, 40 inches to 1 mile; initial key-plan 1.3 inches to 1 mile)
6,723 acres, being the whole of Mistley, southern parts of Bradfield and Thorpe-le-Soken, eastern part of Walton-le-Soken, with small areas in Lawford, Bentley, Wix and Tendring; also about 209 acres in Suffolk.
Contents: Mistley Thorn (16 acres), Mistley Hall and Park (941 acres), Dickley Hall (246 acres), New Hall (368 acres), Abbots Hall (256 acres), Marjerys Hall (117 acres), and five farms (750 acres); Nether Hall (277 acres), Bradfield Lodge (232 acres), Bradfield Hall (367 acres), and other lands, with or without farms, totalling about 920 acres, in Bradfield, Wix and Tendring; two farms (166 acres) in Lawford and Mistley; Thorpe Park (434 acres) and scattered lands (203 acres) in Thorpe; Walton Hall (455 acres), Walton Saltings (744 acres), and other lands (44 acres), in Walton.
31 maps, including perhaps the most exquisite examples of the cartographical skill evident in the 18th century maps in the Essex Record Office.
On the page opposite each map is a table giving names of tenants, some field-names, and state of cultivation which is also distinguished by colour on the maps.
Shows names of adjacent properties or owners; saltings and marshes; Mistley Quay, with shipyard, timber-yard, dock, stores, limekiln with chalk house, cage, new church, etc.; parish-marks; roadside (?) cross near Marjerys Farm, Mistley; milestones; pound at Bradfield; drawing of circular castellated 'Trinity Tower', and tide-mill at Walton. The map of Mistley Park includes a small view of the River Stour with Mistley Thorn in the background.
Each map is finely drawn and delicately coloured and has a polar indicator surrounded by or incorporated with instruments of agriculture, sheep farming, forestry, surveying, draughtsmanship, brewing, or emblems of sport, trade, religion, music, war, architecture, art, and drama. Finely drawn details include notably the sunken fences, dog-kennel, and lay-out of gardens in Mistley Park; haystacks drawn in perspective view. The title of each map, and its reference table, is on a cartouche drawn to represent a piece of torn paper; these, like all the other decorative features, and the high ground, are executed in grey wash. The use of tempera to emphasise the wood-lands and hedges is noteworthy. The title-page has, in addition to the conventional representation of the arts and science, emblems of justice, learning and plenty, while to one side stands an armed female figure. Suspended from a tree is an incorrect drawing of the arms of Rigby, Bendy of Six indented (argent and azure); on a chief (sable), three cinquefois (or), surmounted by a crest, A goat's head (sable, bezantee), attire and beard (or).
Dates of Creation:
1778
Extent:
1 volume
Creator Name:
Bernard Scalé
Physical Characteristics:
Each map 12 x 16 inches.
Existence of Copies:
For colour prints and slides see T/M 553/1, 2.
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Peter Bernard
Scalé
Survey of Mistley estate, 1778