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Condition: Very Good. MANUSCRIPT MAP OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE & PLAN OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM LONG Gloucester, 1778, Large watercolour and Manuscript Estate Plan, 710 x 850 mm, elaborate floriate cartouche, compass rose and rhumb lines, scale of Gunter's Chains surmounted by a pair of inverted dividers, small elevation of 'Mansion House', inset plans of the parishes of Cheltenham and Badgeworth, old folds, wear and slight loss where old folds cross, slight staining and dust soiling, laid on linen. A fine decorative manuscript map of a large estate in Gloucestershire by the renowned Surveyor Giles Coates of Chedworth ( active 1760-82). 'This article is the result of research into Cromhall Colliery and the Yate Coal workings. The name Long appears in connection with both these sites and with many of the woollen mills in the Wotton-under-Edge area, as well as with local chapels and schools. There is also a mining connection to the Forest of Dean. The name of Samuel Long appears most frequently in the records but since there was both an elder and a younger, it is often difficult to be certain to which one the records refer. William Alexander Long's son was also called William Alexander and to confuse things further the name Walter Long appears several times. Therefore, there were three different people with the same initial. Further confusion exists because the coalmines in Yate extended into the parish of Iron Acton. The manorial (and mineral) rights at that time were with the Long family from Rood Ashton near Trowbridge in Wiltshire, with the resulting Royalties being due to another Long Family. This family was also involved in the woollen trade and there is evidence to also suggest a link to mining in the Somerset Coalfield.' David Hardwick, Glos. Soc. For Industrial Archaeology Journal.