Detail View: Charting The Nation: Sir John Rutherfurd of the Ilk His Book 1724 [20 of 24]

Work Record ID: 
0043834
Shelfmark: 
RHP22228
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
Sir John Rutherfurd of the Ilk His Book 1724
Creator: 
Jerdon, Archibald (active 1724)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Creator: 
Rutherfurd, John, Sir (active 1724)
Creator Role: 
Landowner
Date: 
1724
Description: 
This beautifully executed book of hand drawn and hand coloured plans, appears to have had the function of an estate book, as on each page is given the area of the field or part of the grounds which the plan covers, along with details of its burns, springs etc. The final page gives the total acreage for the estate in both English and Scots measuement, and the value of the land if let to tenant farmers. The Content of all the Above Parks Acres 204 Roods 3 Perches 34 [Scottish] Acres 257 Roods 2 Perches 29 [English]'.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
19.5 x 33cm (7 11/16" x 1' 1")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Maxton
Subject Place: 
Roxburghshire
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Gardens
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes): 
73325214
Repro Notes: 
map '17'
Repro Title: 
Sir John Rutherfurd of the Ilk His Book 1724 [20 of 24]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043834c-0020.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002168
Repro Description: 
Ye South Garden or Orchyeard [page] 17 Compass rose oriented with north at top.
Repro Capture Date: 
02/02/2001 10:26:00