Catalogue description Melbourne, Derbyshire. 'Melborne': perspective view of Melbourne Castle, showing the...

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Details of MPC 1/95
Reference: MPC 1/95
Description:

Melbourne, Derbyshire. 'Melborne': perspective view of Melbourne Castle, showing the outer walls, towers (one with statue atop), gatehouse, and chimneys and roofline of buildings within walls Also shows neighbouring houses and church. Remains of black border. No scale shown. Made to illustrate a survey of northern castles by Sir Ambrose Cave, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in 1561.

Date: [1561]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: DL 31/111
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Dimensions: 42 cm x 86 cm
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 2562

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