[ George Young, Shrewsbury Quaker land surveyor. ] Coloured manuscript map on vellum of 'Lands at the Holly Bush and the Dales in the Chapelry of Knightwick and County of Worcester Belonging to Isabella Hodges'.

On one side of a 58 x 39 cm. piece of vellum. In fair condition, rolled, and lightly aged and worn. An finished production, with elegant lettering and compass. Maps showing the lands – which adjoin those of Lord Foley – at the Holly Bush to the left side, and those at the Dales to the right. Title in the middle of the page, beneath which is a table of 24 locations, from 'Far Meadow' to 'Orly Spring', colour coded to the two parts of the map: 'Green | Yellow | Red | Blue | Sea Green'. The table quantifies the amount of 'Arable | Pasture | Orchards | Hop Yards | Coppice', with totals. Young was a leading land surveyor in the area. According to A. W. Skempton, 'Civil Engineers and Engineering in Britain, 1600-1830', he 'produced a map of Worcester in 1779. He surveyed the River Severn in 1786 and again in 1790 when he was associated with Robert Mylne on works for improving the navigation. In 1793 he made the survey for the Shrewsbury Canal.'