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BRIXTON HUNDRED MAP, EXTRACT FROM ‘SURRIA VERNACULE SURREY’

BRIXTON HUNDRED MAP, EXTRACT FROM ‘SURRIA VERNACULE SURREY’

Brixton or Allington Hundred, extract from 'Surria Vernacule Surrey'. A 'Hundred' was an ancient administrative area. The County of Surrey was made up of 13 'Hundreds'. The meeting place for the Brixton Hundreds was on the top of Brixton Hill. Hand-tinted engraving by Johanne Bleau titled 'The Surria Vernacule Surrey', 1648.
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Collection:LAD Cuttings and Ephemera
Image type:Engraving
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Ref:01711
Identifier:1/1648/M 44
Date:1648

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