A report of the proceedings of Sir John Colpoys, K.B., Sir William Bellingham, Bart., and John Harrison, Esq., three of the directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich : on a view of the estates belonging to the hospital in the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham, in the months of August, September and October, 1805.

Royal Naval Hospital (Greenwich, London)

RA Collection: Book

Record number

04/2927

Author

Imprint

London: Printed by W. Winchester and Son, Strand, [1805]

Physical Description

257 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : plan ; 32 cm.

General Note

Includes index.
With three copies of the following hand-tinted map loosely inserted: `Map of Simonburn Parish, in the County of Northumberland, as surveyed by John Fryer & Sons in 1809.' Engraved by J. Walker.

Provenance

The front pastedown bears the engraved armorial bookplate of John Yenn.

Binding Note

Contemporary tree calf binding with arms of Greenwich Hospital gilt-stamped at centre of upper and lower boards. Black spine label lettered in gilt: `Report of visitation of Greenwich Hospital estates in 1805`

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