The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampments at Sendheath, 1759-62
PLAN of the CAMP at SENDHEATH near WOKEING 1762
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:6,980. | RCIN 731068.w
The facing page (RCIN 731068.v) lists the regiments for the camps for each year from 1759 to 1762. The encamped regiments in 1759, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Ancram, are: 8th King's Own; 34th Effingham's; 33rd Lord Charles Hay's; 5th Bentinck's. The encamped regiments for 1760, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earls of Ancram and Albemarle, and Cornwallis, are: 30th Loudon's; 36th Lord Robert Manners's; 72nd Duke of Richmond's. The encamped regiments for 1761, under the command of Lieutenant-General Cornwallis and Carr, are: 34th Cavendish's; 72nd Duke of Richmond's; Bedfordshire. The encamped regiments for 1762, under the command of Lieutenant-General Carr, are: 31st Holmes's; 36th Manners's; E. Bat. Suffolk.
BL Add MS 15532: [f.25, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 25. 'PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on SEND-HEATH 1762'. Scale: 1:7,088. Scale bar: [129 mm =] 1000 yards. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 30.0 x 35.1 cm (image). [Text on facing page; numbered, top right of verso, black pencil:] 24. 'Encampments at Send-heath / 1759'. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters G R below. Size: 32.6 x 34.5 cm (image). Difference in title; the Add MS copy also shows, in black ink superimposed on the camp layout, the camp of 1759; some small differences in field boundaries; different cartographer; the Add MS copy is more polished in appearance.
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:6,980. Scale bar: [131 mm =]1000 Yards.
27.7 x 34.6 cm (neatline)
30.8 x 34.9 cm (image)
37.2 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the CAMP at SENDHEATH near WOKEING 1762. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 13; [top right, black pencil:] 26. (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)
Woking, Surrey, UK (51°19'08"N 00°33'32"W)
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14 March 2024
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