The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Blandford, 1756
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT near BLANDFORD call’d SHROTON CAMP 1756
c.1784-91Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:10,048. | RCIN 731068.c
A plan of encampment at Blandford, 1756. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-west to top.
The facing page (RCIN 731068.b) lists the encamped regiments. The camp took place from 4 July to 12 October. The encamped regiments, under the command of Lt. General Sir John Mordaunt and Major General the Duke of Bedford are: 2nd Scotch Greys; 10th Mordaunt's Dragoons; 3rd Buffs; 8th Wolfe's; 12th Skelton's; 15th Amherst's; 20th Kingsley's; 33rd Ld. Ch. Hay's.
BL Add MS 15532: [8th f. numbered 5:] 'Plan of the Encampment near Blandford call'd Shroton Camp 1756'. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a '4' suspending the letters L V G below. Size: 33.2 x 48.8 cm (image). [Lettering of list of camps in 1756 on the facing page is all sloping copperplate. Details of map are the same as K.Mil.]. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 32.6 x 34.5 cm (image).
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, guarded into the volume
Scale: 1:10,048. Scale bar: [91 mm =] 1000 Yards.
30.4 x 48.4 cm (neatline)
32.6 x 48.6 cm (image)
36.6 x 52.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT near BLANDFORD call’d SHROTON CAMP 1756. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 2. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
Subject(s)
Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK (50°51'38"N 02°09'42"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
13th edited to 15th Amherst
