Kent Estate Maps.- Twitham and Uffington in the Parishes of Goodnestone & Wingham, 2 estate maps on vellum, hand-coloured in outline, each 2 sheets joined together, some soiling, a few stains in margins, a few margins chipped, slightly creased, 495 x 700mm., and 500 x 695mm., 1773 and 1775; and 10 others, architects drawings and plans for a clergyman's house at Goodnestone Park, v.s., v.d. (12). ⁂ One of the first mentioned maps mentions Sir Brook Bridges, Bart. (1733-91), politician; his daughter, Elizabeth, married Jane Austen's brother, and Austen visited them on their estate at Goodnestone regularly.
Kent Estate Maps.- Twitham and Uffington in the Parishes of Goodnestone & Wingham, 2 estate maps on vellum, hand-coloured in outline, each 2 sheets joined together, some soiling, a few stains in margins, a few margins chipped, slightly creased, 495 x 700mm., and 500 x 695mm., 1773 and 1775; and 10 others, architects drawings and plans for a clergyman's house at Goodnestone Park, v.s., v.d. (12). ⁂ One of the first mentioned maps mentions Sir Brook Bridges, Bart. (1733-91), politician; his daughter, Elizabeth, married Jane Austen's brother, and Austen visited them on their estate at Goodnestone regularly.
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