Finding my house on a Matlock tithe map

Tithe map of Matlock, showing my house

As a student on work experience at the county record office I always wanted to find my house on a map to see if it was there or not. Therefore I decided to look for it on an 1848 tithe map. After a short while I concluded that this was my house (see map on left). The reason why I knew that my house would be on a map like this was because the previous home owners told us that the house dated back as early as the seventeenth century.

The map was really exciting because it was evidence that the house was there at that time and it backed up what the previous home owners said. After that I found my house on the tithe award showing the plot number (394) and the home owners who owned it. In 1848 George Keeling was the occupant of the house with a court, privy, road and garden! 167 years from then the house is still occupied (and standing!).

Alex Jackson

Treasure 8: the Gresley processional map

This ‘Procession Way’ plan of the Seale Estate (D77/8/10) dates from the 16th or possibly early 17th century and is from the papers of the Gresley family of Drakelow.  Centred on the area of Potter’s Wood, with Netherseale to the south, Rosliston to the north, Lullington to the west, and Seale Grange to the south-west.

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It was chosen by our colleague Anne, who says “I particularly like the little houses, gates and trees – being drawn in three dimensions, they’re not just a flat image on a page.”