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A map of Hesley Farm in the Parish of Ecclesfield and County of York, the property of the Duke of Norfolk

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A map of Hesley Farm in the Parish of Ecclesfield and County of York, the property of the Duke of Norfolk
Sheffield Ecclesfield
1764
1500-1799

Scale 4 chains : 1 inch [20 inches : 1 mile].

Surveyor: William Fairbank II.

Marked: The turnpike road from Wood Head [Woodhead] and Penistone to Rotherham, road to Thorp, road to the Duke of Norfolk's colliery in Hesley Park, Hesley Park, footway, Hanging Bank Bushes (this is not part of the Farm), road from the [Smithy] Wood, Earl of Effingham's land, Moor Close, quarry, Dr Green's land, Thorp Common, Dr Simpson's land.

Woodland shown and parts of Smithy Wood and Hesley Park included, Lady Clough Wood, part of the moat around the farmhouse marked; numerical list with tenants, field names and descriptions and acreages; small cartouche;

George Eyre, tenant: 1 Park Royd, 2 Great Lee, 3 Little Lee, 4 Back Yard, 5 Wood End, 6 Messuage or ancient mansion house, outhouses, garden, etc., 7 Cinder Hill, 8 Hanging Bank, 9 New Field Pasture, 10 Rotten Close, 11 Little Justing Lands, 12 Middle Justing Lands, 13 [?First] Justing land with Little Lane, 14 Far Justing Lands, 15 Ing with the pond, 16 – 17 Hood Fields, 18 Pitty Field, 19 House, garden and croft adjoining, 20 Upper Cow Close, 21 Middle Cow Close, 22 Nether Cow Close, 23 Ox Close, 24 Geta Ox Close, 25 Yew Tree Field. Thomas [?Tayles] tenant: 26 Brick Field, 27 – 28 High Fields, 29 West Bracken Flatt, 30 Middle Bracken Flatt, 31 Homestead, 32 East Bracken Flatt. G Eyre and [ - ], J. Sylvester, J. Shaw 33 two cottages an gardens, 36 a garden and smithies, 34 a cottage. Crfot and garden, 35 The wood calld Lady Clough, which is within G. Eyres farm.

Lady Clough Wood and parts of Smithy Wood and Hesley Park shown.

Dimensions approx. 52 x 60 cm.

Original at Sheffield City Archives: ACM/MAPS/16/4 (altrefno ACM/MAPS/Ecc/235L)

Digitised with financial support from Sheffield and District Family History Society in memory of Professor David Hey (1938-2016) founder and life president of the Society.

 

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