To the most noble the Governor, the Bailiffs, and Conservators of the Great Level of the Fens called Bedford Level, this map of the said Great Level and parts adjacent is most gratefully dedicated by Samuel Wells. . Fen Office, 27 March 1829. Register.
Samuel Wells
Category
Maps
Date
1829
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140325
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 sheet . map . 89 x 86 cm., folded to 23 x 15 cm.. Not indigenous? Possibly from the Wisbech Society collection? manuscript number: "[hache] 224", relating to Peckover condition survey card index.. Binding: Mounted on linen, attached to back board of covers; nineteenth-century half red morocco; marbled paper over boards; marbled front pastedown and section of folded map facing; red leather label centre front cover, gilt rolled and lettered: "Bedford Level and parts adjacent"; spine gilt lettered direct: "Bedford Level".
Makers and roles
Samuel Wells