Pen Park Hole
Date
1682
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 376mm
width (page): 233mm
width (page): 233mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A map of the caverns of Pen Park Hole near Bristol. A description of it by Sir Robert Southwell (whose estate was nearby) was read to the Royal Society on 1 November 1682, and printed with this map in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, no. 143 (January 1683).
Transcription
'There is a place in Glocestershire called Pen Parke, about three miles from Bristoll, and about three from the Severn:; where some minors for Lead Discovering a large hole in the Earth: one capt Sturmy a warme inquisitive Sea man (he has writt alarge folio of Navigation) would needs descend into it and his Narrative was: as: followeth...'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 1 November 1682, 'A paper sent by Sir Robert Southwell to Mr. Henshaw was read, containing a more full and exact description of the subterraneous cavern near Kingroad by Bristol, formerly described by Captain Sturmy' (Birch 4:163).
Printed in Robert Southwell, ‘A description of Pen-Park-Hole in Gloucestershire’, Phil. Trans., vol. 13, no. 143 (January 1683), pp. 2-6, legend at p. 6.
Printed in Robert Southwell, ‘A description of Pen-Park-Hole in Gloucestershire’, Phil. Trans., vol. 13, no. 143 (January 1683), pp. 2-6, legend at p. 6.
Related fellows
Robert Southwell (1635 - 1702, British) , Diplomat
Thomas Henshaw (1618 - 1700, British) , Author, Soldier, Diplomat, Author
Thomas Henshaw (1618 - 1700, British) , Author, Soldier, Diplomat, Author
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