Map of Parsonstown (Birr) area
- IE OH OHS 86/1
- Item
- c.1808
Part of Sketch maps of William Larkin
Map of Parsonstown (Birr) area
Part of Sketch maps of William Larkin
Part of Sketch maps of William Larkin
Part of Sketch maps of William Larkin
Map of the Town of Philipstown, King's County, estate of 4th Viscount Molesworth
Canvas-backed paper map of the former county town of Philipstown (Daingean) compiled by Arthur Richards Neville in June 1786 for Richard Nassau Molesworth, 4th Viscount Molesworth (1748-1793). The map covers 2887 statute acres and includes environs of the town. The plots are numbered 1-130 with an accompanying reference table describing the contents of each land-holding unit. The reference is tabular, listing tenants' name, description of the holdings (e.g. 'a very fine farm all good meadow', 'good high Meadow & Pasture', 'great red bog', 'poor ground' etc) a yearly value and a sum total of the east and south east side of Philipstown.
Scale 20 perch to the inch (1:5040)
Neville, Arthur Richards