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Map Notes
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NOTES about WILLIAM TUNNICLIFF, MAP MAKER, 1780s-90s
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Not much is known about William Tunnicliff; he was a land
surveyor and map maker, and prehaps knew something about farm
management and accountancy.
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About 1787 he was based in Manchester, and between 1786 and
1791 produced maps of eleven counties from Lancashire down to
Gloucestershire, and the south west of England from Cornwall
eastwards to Hampshire. Although the some maps were sold as
sheets, they were probably intended to accompany written county
descriptions. A survey of Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire
was published at Nantwich, Cheshire, 1787. These, plus three more
counties, Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wordcestershire, were
published at Bath, Somerset, 1789. The last volume was of the
Western Circuit, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon,
and Cornwall, published at Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1791.
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Even in 1787, advertising in his first county survey, William
Tunnicliff was clearly unsettled in his work:-
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Wanted, by the Author, W. TUNNICLIFF ... the place of a steward
to a nobleman or gentleman, where an intire management, on a
large plan, in that capacity, is required ... no objection to go
to Ireland, or any part of England ...
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expressing himself to be happy also with the position as clerk
to a merchant or manufacturer.
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References
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Chandler, John: 1998: Printed Maps
of Wiltshire: Wiltshire Record Society:: ISBN 0 901333 29 8
Smith, David: 1989: Maps of Wiliam
Tunnicliff, reluctant county map maker: Journal of the
International Map Collector's Society: vol.8: pp.19-27
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HantsMap Notes -- TUNNI3.txt
MN: 17.4.2001
last edit: 17.4.2001
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