Maps of the Iridge Estate in Salehurst

Item date: 1637 - 1824
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 2,046
Item date acquired: 1985
Item institution: East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Record Office
Town/City: Lewes
County: East Sussex

Earliest map was drawn by Ambrose Cogger for Sir Robert Wildgoose in 1637, showing the estate iron works and attendant waterways. The next map was drawn in 1750 by Christopher Mason with later maps showing how the estate divided up its land to form the various tenant farms, the boundaries being adjusted over time

Item Provenance
Family collections sold at unspecified auction 1995