The River Stour
Date
1690-91
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p61
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 363mm
width (page): 234mm
width (page): 234mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the River Stour in 'Memoires of Naturall Remarques in the county of Wiltshire, to which are annexed observables of the same kind in the county of Surrey and Flynt-shire' by John Aubrey, FRS. It was transcribed by B. G. Cramer, Clerk to the Royal Society, in 1690-91.
Transcription
The River Stour hath its source in Sturton-parke and gives the name to that ancient seat of the Lord Sturtons. Three of the springs are within the Park - pale and in Wiltshire the other three are without the Pale in Somersetshire. The Coate-armour of the Lord Sturton is sable ^diamond , a Bend or ^Topar , between siz fountains: which doe allude to these Springs.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
By John Aubrey, FRS. This manuscript is a transcript of Aubrey's original manuscript (1685). It was transcribed by B. G. Cramer, Clerk to the Royal Society, at the behest of the Society in 1690-91.
At page 67 is inserted a map of a navigable passage from Bristol to London, engraved by Thomas Jenner in 1668, with the arms of the borough. Six leaves of additional matter are inserted at page 276, and four more at page 304.
At page 67 is inserted a map of a navigable passage from Bristol to London, engraved by Thomas Jenner in 1668, with the arms of the borough. Six leaves of additional matter are inserted at page 276, and four more at page 304.
Related fellows
John Aubrey (1626 - 1697, British) , Antiquary
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