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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3036

Historical Documents
Survey Plan
1784, "A Survey of an Estate in Stonham Aspell belonging to the Rev. C. Jeaffreson", surveyed by John Spurling the Younger.

The title in pen and wash with rococo cartouche, table of contents (121 acres) and elaborate scale of perches topped by large dividers. House and field margins are in colour wash. Map frame 425x565mm. Folding creases, fresh and very scarce. Photo

John Spurling the Younger, surveyor of this attractive plan of an estate at Stonham Aspal, near Stowmarket, worked from Grundisburgh, north east of Ipswich . All his work is recorded as being of Suffolk and dating, until the discovery of the present plan, between 1775 and 1777; with four examples in the Suffolk Record Office (two at Ipswich and two at Lowestoft) and one in the British Library.

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Estimate
£500 to £700