Photographic copy of a map of Wrest Park, dating from circa 1719

Date:
1719 - 2010
Location:
Wrest Park, Silsoe, Wrest Park, Central Bedfordshire
Reference:
DP110990
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This is drawing L33/286 f.3 SILSOE. The original item is held by BLARS (Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service). Apply to Lord Lucas for permission to reproduce. Photographer's note: ' 'Rest Park in Bedfordshire the Seat of His Grace the Duke of Kent'. (Edward Laurence, surveyor). Ink and watercolour (blue and grey) on paper, backed with blue paper. In atlas of Wrest Park Estate. Folded. Scrollwork cartouche with coronet and lion's head. Compass indicator. Edged with pairs of parallel lines in black. Shows area of the Park, with miniature elevations of the mansion and other buildings, avenues of trees, and layout of gardens etc. No references. Acreage not stated. No foliation mark 1719'.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/16653 Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire; within the Volume: BF109457 Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire; within the Series: EHC01/030 English Heritage Sites; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

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People & Organisations

Photographer: Payne, Patricia

Keywords

Mansion House