The "Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth was drawn between 1785 and 1790 by James Rain, the parish surveyor of Bishopwearmouth. A copy has been available for some years from the Sunderland Antiquarian Society. http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/ Rain's Eye Plan (Note 7 feet wide by 2 feet high) Prrice £7.50 (plus post and packing) Did you find the information about the Salters Tracks of any interest. Stan On 20 February 2010 20:51, Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi, Listers: > > I have just received on loan (my cousin is emphatic on that point) an > aging whiteprint (I suspect an ozalid) of a map entitled, in an ornate > title block  "An EYE PLAN. of Sunderland and Bishp(sic) Wearmouth from > the South by J Rain``.  There is a secondary note in the corner ``Copied > >From the Original Plan by Victor Bain and Norman Wigrell, Architects, > 1909``  (I can`t be certain of the spelling of Wigrell``). > > The North Sea is labelled  ...anicus oceanus, which may, perhaps, refer > to the word ``Sands`` below. > > Little of Monkwearmouth appears beyond some shoreline buildings, and a > fancy note, thus ``Monk Wearmouth Shore is held by LEASE for certain > Lives under Sir Hedworth Williamson Barnt of Whitburn``.  (I suppose > that would account for Hedworth Terrace, where the 1881 census found my > grandparents.) > > The map is full of cheerful illustrations of ships and keels in the > river, a rope walk, a church yard filed with stones that look like > picnic tables, a windmill, a bottle factory, and so on. > > Assuming that this map is well known to local historians, I`m hoping > that someone can tell me the date of the original.  And what ``for > certain lives`` means. > > Thanks, as always, > > Bruce Dodd, > Ottawa, > Between spasms of Olympics fixation on the TV. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Bruce "For certain lives" just means that various leases are held by a number of different people of parts of the land which is owned by Sir Hedworth Williamson Barnt of Whitburn My apologies,I now realise it was not you who asked about Salters Lane Stan Mapstone > > On 20 February 2010 20:51, Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: >> Hi, Listers: >> >> I have just received on loan (my cousin is emphatic on that point) an >> aging whiteprint (I suspect an ozalid) of a map entitled, in an ornate >> title block  "An EYE PLAN. of Sunderland and Bishp(sic) Wearmouth from >> the South by J Rain``.  There is a secondary note in the corner ``Copied >> >From the Original Plan by Victor Bain and Norman Wigrell, Architects, >> 1909``  (I can`t be certain of the spelling of Wigrell``). >> >> The North Sea is labelled  ...anicus oceanus, which may, perhaps, refer >> to the word ``Sands`` below. >> >> Little of Monkwearmouth appears beyond some shoreline buildings, and a >> fancy note, thus ``Monk Wearmouth Shore is held by LEASE for certain >> Lives under Sir Hedworth Williamson Barnt of Whitburn``.  (I suppose >> that would account for Hedworth Terrace, where the 1881 census found my >> grandparents.) >> >> The map is full of cheerful illustrations of ships and keels in the >> river, a rope walk, a church yard filed with stones that look like >> picnic tables, a windmill, a bottle factory, and so on. >> >> Assuming that this map is well known to local historians, I`m hoping >> that someone can tell me the date of the original.  And what ``for >> certain lives`` means. >> >> Thanks, as always, >> >> Bruce Dodd, >> Ottawa, >> Between spasms of Olympics fixation on the TV. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >