> > >New post on Derbyshire Record Office > > > >[] > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/sarahchubb/> >[] > > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/new-acquisition-winster-in-1769/>New >acquisition: Winster in 1769 > > > >by <https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/sarahchubb/>Sarah Chubb > >Derbyshire Record Office rarely buys documents >but we recently made an exception when an >eighteenth century map of Winster came up for >auction. Winster is a beautiful and historic >village, but our earliest map was the first >edition of the Ordnance Survey, surveyed >1875-1882. This is well over a hundred years >after Winster's heyday as a centre of the >county's lead mining industry, so we were very >excited when we were able to buy this 1769 map >with the help of a grant from the Friends of the >National Libraries and a private donation. > >The Plan of the lead mines and veins of the >Partners and Proprietors of Portoway Placket >Yate Stoop Limekiln and Drake, Winster is a beautifully drawn map: > >This slideshow requires JavaScript. > >And what's really exciting is that it shows the village in some detail: > >Winster village - 60kb >Although the village is much bigger nowadays, >some of the older buildings are still >recognisable on this map. I've marked a few >below: the red circle marks ><http://www.winsterchurch.org.uk/>the church, >the blue circle is ><http://www.winsterhall.co.uk/>Winster Hall and >the green one is probably ><https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/winster-market-house>Winster >Market House (now owned by the National Trust). > If you know Winster well, you can no doubt recognise more. > >Winster 1769 - 62kb > > >Of course for lead mining historians this map is >also a fascinating resource as the mines >themselves are marked. Plus, if you'd like to >see what an 18th century lead miner looked like, >there are some lovely images of them: > >Lead miners on Winster map - 68kb > > >We want to thank the ><https://www.friendsofnationallibraries.org.uk/>Friends >of the National Libraries for their grant which >enabled us to buy this wonderful map, as well as >lead mining historian, Steve Thompson, who also >generously contributed to its purchase. > >If you'd like to look at the map, just come >and visit the Record Office and ask for ><http://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/calmview/overview.aspx?src=calmview.catalog&q=refno:D8163/*>D8163/1. > > > > > > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/sarahchubb/>Sarah >Chubb | 16 August 2018 at 10:12 am | Categories: ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/category/news/>News >| URL: <https://wp.me/p1jCye-3qz>https://wp.me/p1jCye-3qz > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/new-acquisition-winster-in-1769/#respond>Comment ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/new-acquisition-winster-in-1769/#comments>See >all comments > ><https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=bba82ab2519c1b6a78d8a94fa8662ac9&email=annete%40aapt.net.au&b=mQAowsKASi5oeugi6HBzwrSH8-iJ3cbAt-xdP7sR1nfgOLwtgyV-AcQrY3dbVgq0tEicGp7wiYzwkZSo1wsJAEjQEZ-J15b0UdeskDuHVV6N_w%3D%3D>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/2018/08/16/new-acquisition-winster-in-1769/>https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/new-acquisition-winster-in-1769/ > ><https://wordpress.com>Thanks for flying with >[] ><https://wordpress.com> WordPress.com