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Wales: Glamorganshire. Map of St Brides Major, Wick and Ewenny parishes, showing...

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Reference MR 1/6
Date [?Hen VIII]
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Wales: Glamorganshire. Map of St Brides Major, Wick and Ewenny parishes, showing Ogmore and Dunraven castles and Ewenny priory; roads, rivers, commons, the king's wood and another wood. Castles, priory and other buildings drawn in perspective. No scale shown. Oriented to the west. Cardinal points in margin. Endorsed: 'Ogmore, Proposed thus Certifyed upon the first Co[...] by all the Commissioners without [??] [??] certifying of any Plott. G Bromley.' Endorsement in late seventeenth century hand on label affixed to canvas on which map mounted. The depiction of Ewenny Priory apparently intact suggests that the map was made before the priory was dissolved in 1540.

Note

[Grid references: OSGB36: SS 886 768; WGS84: 51.47869, -3.60435]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives DL 31/58
Legal status Not Public Record(s)
Language

English

Dimensions 81 cm x 116 cm
Closure Status Open Document, Open Description
Publication note

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 4147.

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