>> >>Mark Smith posted: "... with the original >>survey book alongside which it was created. >>Plans and survey books are easily separated.  >>They are superficially very different: a survey >>may look like a standard hardback of several >>pages, and the plan that goes with it may be a si" >>Respond to this post by replying above this line >> >> >> >>New post on Derbyshire Record Office >> >> >> >> >> >>[] >> >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/> >>[] >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/> >> >> >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/>I >>love it when a plan comes together… >> >> >> >> >> >>by <https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/>Mark Smith >> >>... with the original survey book alongside which it was created. >> >>Plans and survey books are easily separated.  >>They are superficially very different: a survey >>may look like a standard hardback of several >>pages, and the plan that goes with it may be a >>single sheet, rolled up or folded.  The >>difference in size and shape means the pair of >>items are unlikely to be stored on the same >>shelf or in the same box.  In fact, each might >>be so useful on its own that from time to time, >>their custodians forget that they two items >>were designed to complement one another. >> >>Here's how they work together.  See the plot >>numbered 358 on this poor rate plan of >>Brimington dating from 1827? I have highlighted it with a black arrow. >> >>D177 A PC 37 >> >> >>If I want to find out more about it, I can look >>at the survey book, and see that it was a >>Blacksmith's shop and hovel, owned and occupied >>by George Richards, amounting to three perches in area. >> >>D636 A PO 1 >> >> >>When Brimington Parish Council was created, as >>a consequence of the Local Government Act of >>1894, the civil functions of Brimington parish >>began to be administered under a separate >>authority for the first time.  The church >>parish, meanwhile, retained its ecclesiastical >>duties.  In the division of assets, whether by >>accident or design, the new parish council got >>to keep the book, while the church held on to >>the plan.  Come the 1960s, each of these >>bodies began to deposit its historic records >>here, so that the survey and plan ended up in separate collections. >> >>Today I added a cross-reference to the >>catalogue, and I believe it was the first time >>that anyone at our end had linked the two >>things together - although I gather from a >>researcher who visited today that both >>documents are mentioned by Philip J Cousins in >>his "Brimington : the changing face of a >>Derbyshire village", published to celebrate the >>100th anniversary of the parish council. >> >>If you ever want to >><http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/visiting_us/>visit >>us to use the documents in our search room, or >><http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/services/copying_and_research_service/default.asp>order >>a paid search of their contents, here are the >>all-important reference numbers: the book is >>D636/A/PO/1, and the plan is D177/A/PC/37. >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/>Mark >>Smith | 14 March 2017 at 4:50 pm | Tags: >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/1820s/>1820s, >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/brimington/>Brimington, >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/plans/>Plans, >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/poor-rate/>poor >>rate | Categories: >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/category/discoveries/>Discoveries, >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/category/news/>News >>| URL: <http://wp.me/p1jCye-2UQ>http://wp.me/p1jCye-2UQ >> >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/#respond>Comment >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/#comments>See >>all comments >> >><https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=bba82ab2519c1b6a78d8a94fa8662ac9&email=annete%40aapt.net.au&b=Lah3Ix%7CR%5DgSj8%25Rp-fug%7EJotHWhl2%7CQ-BO%25bPsd98HLsJ-4oOE>Unsubscribe >>to no longer receive posts from Derbyshire >>Record Office. Change your email settings at >><https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=bba82ab2519c1b6a78d8a94fa8662ac9&email=annete%40aapt.net.au>Manage >>Subscriptions. >> >>Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: >><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/>https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/ >> >><https://wordpress.com>Thanks for flying with >>[] >> <https://wordpress.com>WordPress.com