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Bre - The Brettle Collection of Printed Maps of Nottinghamshire, 1595-1860

Document Reference	Bre
Title	The Brettle Collection of Printed Maps of Nottinghamshire, 1595-1860
Date	1595-1860
Extent	32 maps
Abstract	Maps, printed
Level	Fonds
Access Conditions	Accessible to all readers.
Admin History	This is an artificial collection of thirty-two Nottinghamshire maps detached from various seventeenth- to nineteenth-century atlases.
Custodial History	The maps came to the University Library from a local headteacher, after whom the Collection is named, in 1961. Another map was added by a relative in 1983.
Description	The Collection consists of thirty-two maps dating from 1585 to 1860. Twenty-nine are county maps of Nottinghamshire, two are 'road maps', which traverse parts of Nottinghamshire and one, the earliest, by Gerard Mercator is a regional map which includes Nottinghamshire.
MgtGroup	Genealogical and local history
MgtSubGroup	Maps, plans, engravings and illustrations
Arrangement	The maps are arranged in chronological order followed by the map-maker's name.
Language	English
Term	Great Britain - Maps
Term	Nottingham (England) - Maps
FindingAids	Copyright in all Finding Aids belongs to the University of Nottingham. In the Reading Room, King's Meadow Campus: Typescript Catalogue to item level, 11 pp At the National Register of Archives, The National Archives, Kew: Typescript Catalogue to item level, 11 pp Online: Available on the Manuscripts Online Catalogue, accessible from the website of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Copyright	Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).
ReprodnNote	Photocopies and photographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents.