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Banham PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Small Estate of Arable and Pasture Land... Residence... Agricultural Buildings... the property of the late William Spruce... to be Sold by Auction June 24, 1880. 3pp., folio, docket title, completed memorandum on verso. 1880. £12.00
¶ One lot only, 1Ťp. are 'Conditions of Sale'.
Browne (J), Surveyor, Norwich HEACHAM Copied from the Award Map. Finely drawn map on vellum, size 27" x 26", thin black border. Scale approx. 1" = 10 chains. Shows roads (named) field outlines with number referring to award, names of owners. Buildings in red, river and line of coast shaded blue. Hedges and wooded areas shown with tiny trees. Top few inches of map rather dusty, numerous small feint creases in map, particularly at top. n.d. c1840. £75.00
Great Yarmouth PARTICULARS, CONDITIONS, STIPULATIONS for letting by Auction the Stallages, Rents and Tolls in the Markets and Fair of Great Yarmouth, and the Rents of the Shops in the Fish Market.... by Samuel Aldred & Son.... 17th November, 1913. 11pp., sm. folio, folded, with docket title.. 1913. £10.00
Hockering PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Very Desirable Property situate at Hockering, Norfolk, which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Wilde, on Thursday, September 19th, 1849, at the Cock Inn... Sm. folio, 4pp. 1849. £12.00
Holme HOLME OUTFALL General Plan & Section. Contract drawing No. 1. Plans in ink and wash colour on thick paper backed with linen, size 25" x 90". Main plan shows river and line of coast, embankment, open cut with rough timber facing to slopes, faggots, etc. Horizontal scale 3 inches = 1 chain. Along the bottom is a vertical section showing culvert, sluice chamber, water level, tides etc. There are two small cross sections of the cut. Dated 6 June 1870 and signed by the engineers. 1870. £45.00
Holme next the Sea COPY OF PLAN OF THE PARISH OF HOLME NEXT THE SEA Norfolk, to which the Award of the Commissioner for Inclosure refers. 1827. Lithographed map on vellum, size 22" x 27". Scale bar, scale approx. 1in. = 7 chains. Signed by Commissioner below title. The map is oriented with North at the left, so the Sea Beach and Gore Point is on the left, the boundary with Ringstead Parish on the right. Shows roads (named), water features, buildings, field boundaries, relevant fields with acreage and owner's name. Church shown in elevation. Some areas shaded yellow. An old tear of about 3in. has been strengthened on verso with black tape, causing some discoloration of vellum in blank area.... together with... Booklet with limp red morocco wraps, 4to, gold title on front wrap 'Particular Referring to a Copy of the Plan of the Parish of Holme next the Sea Norfolk, to which the Award of the Commissioner for Inclosure refers.' Lithographed, 6 double-page spreads with columns for name of Proprietor, Copyholds of the Respective six Manors, Rents payable. Award dated 4th April 1827. 2 items. 1827. £140.00
Le Strange (H.S) PLAN AND SECTIONS OF PART OF THE SEA BEACH AT SNETTISHAM 1871. Laid down from an original Survey made in 1870-71. Manuscript map in ink and full wash colour on thick paper backed with linen, rolled. Size 23" x 72", scale 10" = 20 chains. Compass rose, scale bar, large title. Shows Desborough Farm, Shepherds Port, with buildings in purple. At the bottom is a 'Longitudinal Section Along Top of Shingle, showing high water at 21st Feb. 1870, and at Neap and Spring Tides. There are 9 cross sections on the right, showing jetties, High Tide levels. A dotted line shows top of shingle in 1863. 1871. £65.00
Le Strange (H.S) PLAN AND SECTIONS OF PART OF THE SEA BEACH AT HEACHAM 1871. Manuscript plan in ink and wash colour on thick paper backed with linen, rolled. Size 26" x 105". Compass rose, vertical and horizontal scale bars. A large plan showing Foot of Shingle, Top of Shingle, High Water Mark at Spring Tide, buildings, drainage channels, rifle butts, paths. There are also 12 Cross Sections, and one large Horizontal Section. Light waterstain near title reaching about 10" into map. 1871. £60.00

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Norwich ABSTRACT OF THE TITLE to an Estate in St. Michael at Thorn in Norwich. 6p., large folio, manuscript, neatly written, folded with docket title. Recites indentures from 1748 - 1821. 1821. £14.00
¶ Owners' names include Bell, Finch, Rowe.
Norwich BOUGHT OF H. GRINDER Magasin des Modes, Post-Office Street, Millinery, Straw, Tuscan and Leghorn Bonnets, French Flowers... in great variety. Bill for a blonde cap with velvet flowers, signed at settled. Engraved heading, oblong small 8vo. 1841. £6.00
Pear (Thomas) PLAN (marked A) of the Marshes, bare Sands, Channel & Lands Lying between Kinderley's Cut and the Sea. Made by Thomas Pear, and referred to in the Nene Outfall Act of 7th & 8th Geo 4th C85. Lithographed map with wash hand colour, 21" x 28", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo cloth endpapers, and inserted in cloth-covered slipcase with manuscript label, corners rubbed. Compass rose, scale bar, scale 1" = 20 chains. Shows the cut and the Main Channel, with named sluices and creeks, roads, tunnels, buildings such as Mill and Granary, Foul Anchor, samphire marsh and grass marsh shaded green, sands in pale pink. Shows line of the Nene Outfall Cut as Executed, Line of the Proposed Cut, Line of Proposed Embankment Road. Names owners of the various inclosed marshes. The Cross Keys Inn, Walpole St. Peter's and Walpole St. Andrew's Church shown with small illustrations. Printed by R. Cartwright, Warwick Place, Bedford Row. 1827. £200.00
¶ Crab Hole is at the top right corner, Torrington Marsh Corner bottom right, Buckforth's Drain is at the left edge.. The Act was 'for improving the Outfull of the river Nene, and the drainage of the lands discharging their waters into the Wisbech river, and the navigation of the said Wisbech river... and for embanking the salt marshes and bare sands...'
Sedgeford MANUSCRIPT MAP copied in 1839, award dated Jany. 1797. In ink and some colour on thick paper backed with linen, edges bound with silk tape which has become detached in places. Size 30" x 39". Compass rose, scale bar, scale 4Ť inches = 40 chains. Shows roads, coloured buff, buildings, which are shaded in pink, copses shown with small trees, river, field boundaries, each plot numbered and named with owner and acreage. Some dustmarking down right edge. 1839. £85.00
Snettisham HEACHAM AND SNETTISHAM DRAINAGE. PLAN OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS on the Estate of H.L.S. Styleman Le Strange Esq. 1851. Lithographed map with hand colouring, on paper backed with linen, rolled. Size 32" x 80". Scale 6 chains to an inch. Compass rose (oriented with north to the left). Shows coast with shingle banks etc., Woolverton Creek at the south edges, border with Barrett Ringstead at north edge. Shows rivers, creeks, sluices, roads, buildings in red. Along the bottom are three sections. Patches of dustmarking at top and bottom corners on the left, and some damp-spotting and dustmarking down 10 inches of right side (not affecting drawing). Some creasing and small repaired tears in surface. 1851. £60.00
Utting (J) PLAN OF THE PARISH OF TILNEY CUM ISLINGTON in the County of Norfolk 1828. Manuscript drawn on thick paper, with ink and wash colouring, framed within thick and thin lines, the line along the top is missing, presumably where the edge became too ragged. This does not affect the plan. Paper measures overall 43" x 30". It shows the land from Podds Lane in the north to the Turnpike Road from Wisbech to Wallington in the south and bounded partially in the East by High Moor Ditch Lane, and in the West by 'The Ancient Bed of the River Ouse' and an unnamed road to the east, which runs from Knights Lower Goole down to Lords Bridge. All plots of land numbered, presumably referred to in a reference book which is not present. Scale shown approx. 1Ť" to 1 furlong. Several buildings shown, including two pubs 'The Fox and Geese' and 'The Shore Boat Inn' as well as roads, including Lower Moor Ditch Lane and Crabb Lane. Old tear about 5" long repaired on verso with old piece of linen. Some dusting and repairs to short tears to verso. 6" long narrow water stain to a blank area of the map otherwise a sound copy. J. Utting, Land Surveyor, Lynn Regis, 1828. £250.00
Utting (J) WEST WALTON NORFOLK Copied in 1848 from Map Prepared in 1820. J. Utting Surveyor, Lynn. Map on thick paper backed with linen, rolled, in ink and pale wash colour. Size 36" x 80". Large scale bar, 6 chains to an inch. Shows roads, buildings, River Nene with Ferry. Adjoining parishes named. Shows large fields which are named in large letters, shaded in pale wash colours, and divided into small fields numbered between 181 and 886. 1848. £70.00
Utting (J), Land Surveyor, Lynn Regis A MAP OF THE PARISH OF TERRINGTON ST. CLEMENT in the County of Norfolk. Map in ink and full wash colour on cartridge paper, size 29" x 55". Title in large simple circular cartouche. Scale of chains, 1" = 10 chains, compass rose. Shows roads and lanes, most of which are named, buildings, water features, named drains, Sea Bank, Roman Bank. Field boundaries are shown and each field is numbered. Different areas shaded in different colours, e.g. Common Marsh, Gallow Marsh, Rhoon Farm. Terrington Manor House shown by a small drawing in elevation. Repaired tear 12" into map from left hand side, and repaired 3" tear from right-hand side. Some light dusting down left edge of map, about 5" in. 1825. £120.00
¶ Utting made various tithe maps of parishes in Norfolk.
Utting (J), Land Surveyor, Lynn Regis A MAP OF THE PARISH OF TERRINGTON ST. JOHNS in the County of Norfolk. Copied in 1848 from map prepared in 1826. Map in ink and some outline colour on paper backed with linen, size 38" x 25". Scale of chains, 5" = 40 chains. Shows roads, buildings, field boundaries with each field numbered. Different 'Fields' named and outlined in colour. 1848. £45.00
Utting (J), Surveyor, Lynn TERRINGTON ST. CLEMENT Norfolk, Copies in 1848 from Map prepared 1824. Manuscript map in ink and a small amount of colour, on thick paper backed with linen, size 30" x 50". Scale 1" = 10 chains. Shows roads (named), water features coloured, the various Marshes and Fields outlined in different colours, buildings in black. Each area labelled 'Perkin Field', 'Sea Newland Fields', 'Judd's Marsh' etc., and divided into plots, and numbered. Fenditch Lane and Fence Bank on left, Common Marsh at the top, Hunderhill Marsh on the right and Roman Bank and East Gate Way at the bottom. 1848. £50.00
Utting (J), Surveyor, Lynn WALPOLE TOWNSHIP, NORFOLK Copied in 1848 from Map Prepared in 1840. Map in ink on thick paper backed with linen, size 78" x 52", folded to 26" x 11". Scale approx. one and a half inches = 10 chains. Top 8" of map with folding spots. Shows roads, field boundaries, buildings, different areas outlined in colours and labelled e.g. 'Little Holne Field', 'Walpole New Marsh', 'Old Enclosed Marsh etc., each field divided into small lots and numbered. Shows Cross Keys Embankment, Roman Bank. 1848. £50.00
Wymondham and Besthorpe PARTICULARS of Valuable property which will be sold by auction ... under the Will of Mrs. Ann Burrell. 3pp., including one page of Conditions of Sale. Folded with docket title. 1847. £15.00
¶ Comprised two farmhouses and land in Wymondham, two cottages, and inclosures in Besthorpe.
Wymondham and Garvestone TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by Mr. Spelman... 14th July, 1837... The Following Desirable Property... 4pp., small folio, folded with docket title. 1837. £18.00
¶ Describes 7 Lots, including cottage near the Brick Kiln of T.C. Watson, arable land adjoining Downham Lane, double cottage in Garvestone. Gives occupiers.
Wymondham PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Small Farm... brick & slate Farm House... Convenient Cottage... several inclosures of superior arable and pasture land... by the side of the Norwich Turnpike Road... to be Sold by Auction... 27th August, 1870. 3pp., folio, plus full page lithographed plan with some outline hand-colouring. Docket title spotty. 1870. £16.00

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