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The Guardian - UK
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Plan of the parish of Smallburgh

John Darby, Plan of the parish of Smallburgh (1582) at the British Library
Sir Philip Parker was a wealthy landowner with estates in Suffolk and Norfolk; this map offered the chance to flaunt his wealth, cultural interests and political loyalties. One of the earliest estate plans to be drawn up, it presents a mathematically accurate, but rather sanitised picture, replete with hunting scenes, milkmaids and cattle
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