Three maps of Wroxeter and Eaton, High Ercall and Rowton, and Hem (Shifnal)

Item author: John Rocque, Surveyor

Item date: 18th century

Grant Value: 1,300

Item cost: 5,300

Item date acquired: 2001

Item institution: Shropshire Archives

Town/City: Shrewsbury

County: Shropshire

Rocque was a Frenchman who worked in England from 1709 and produced some of the most outstanding estate maps of the 18th century. These examples are of a very high quality; the High Ercall map includes a panorama of the village in the cartouche. Grant from the Esme Fairbairn Charitable Trust

Item Provenance

Newport estate records of the Earls of Bradford