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Maps

Map showing the results of the Agricultural Survey for Durham, 1810. (DUL Ref: XLLL 942.81 DIC/120b)

This source is a map of County Durham which formed part of the Agricultural Survey for the county carried out in 1810. Use the source to answer the following questions. An enlarged version is available and a zoomable copy can also be seen.

1. Look carefully at the map. Using the key in the left hand corner as a reference, what types of soil can be found in the following parts of Co. Durham?
– Billingham?
– Easington?
– Stanhope?
– Whickham?
– Willington?

2. How many different types of soil are there in County Durham in 1810?

3. Explain what purpose this map would have served in 1810, including who would have it useful and why.

Well done! Now you have finished looking at written sources, move on to looking at different kind of images.

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