RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelItem
ReferenceZCR 70/18/66
Title[Map of] The Estate of Ph[ilip] T[ouchet] Chetwode Esq in the Parish of Middlewich, Warum etc
Date1728
DescriptionMap of 5 separate areas of land comprising a) lands (c135a) in Kinderton; b) tenement (c43a) in Occlestone; c) tenement (c22a) in Newton; d) tenement (c75a) in Hartford; and e) lands (c3a) in Middlewich. With later notes re sales of land etc to c1816. Scale 1 inch: 3 chains (1: 2376). Fields named, with acreages in Cheshire and statute measure, and tenants' names; gates and tracks shown; some buildings shown as block plans, some in elevation; neighbouring landowners named; table of 'Explanantion' giving key to depiction of fences, ditches, footpaths, baulks in butty lands;also refers to Book of Reference (see DVA 3/7). Each tenement indicated by different colour; trees shown around boundaries and in woodland; coloured border marked out in furlongs; pair of dividers above scale bar; coloured compass rose; coat of arms of Chetwode family. Surveyor's name not recorded, but is Joseph Boydell, as recorded in book of reference.
The map is undated, but the date is recorded in the book of reference.

The title refers to Philip Touchet Chetwode esquire; he acquired these estates through his marriage to Elizabeth daughter of George Venables of Agden in 1727 and inherited his father's baronetcy on the latter's death in 1733
Extent1 map
LocationHeld onsite
Physical DescriptionVellum, 94 cms x 72 cms
Related MaterialFor contemporary map of another part of these estates, by the same surveyor see ZCR 70/3/122
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