HAMILTON ESTATE Survey of the Manor of Dunsink in the Parish and Barony of Castleknock and County of Dublin. The Estate of James Hans Hamilton Esqr. By Clarges Greene, Dublin, 1831. 49 Gt. Dominic...

HAMILTON ESTATE Survey of the Manor of Dunsink in the Parish and Barony of Castleknock and County of Dublin. The Estate of James Hans Hamilton Esqr. By Clarges Greene, Dublin, 1831. 49 Gt. Dominic Str. Twenty-three manuscript hand-coloured wash maps of the estate. Scale: Forty Perches to an inch, Late Irish Measure (general map); Ten Perches to an inch, Late Irish Measure (Main maps). Oblong atlas folio (710 x 535). Bound in full red morocco with large flap. Title in gilt on flap. Some staining and fading to the binding. All the maps are in excellent condition. A magnificent decorative titlepage with wash drawings showing Hamilton's House and Demesne at Sheephill. The maps have a ruled border, scale and compass pointer, title to individual maps within a decorative scroll. As well as the famous observatory at Dunsink, rivers, woods, fields, hills, houses and outbuildings, roads and bridges, even a hostelry, are all depicted. Each parcel of land is numbered, with a corresponding reference. Listed facing the maps are the names of the tenants, their holdings and rents payable. There are a few pencilled additions. Adjacent owners and placenames include: Hill of Cloughran; [road] to Kilbride; Michelstown; [road] to Huntstown; [road] to St. Margaret's; Lark House; Cappogh (James Martin Esquire); Cappogh (Eiffe Esquire); Fox and Hounds; [road] to Finglass; Cardiff's Bridge; Pilletstown; [road] to Cardiff's Bridge; River Tolkah; Pelletstown or Lower Road; Lands of Ashtown; Royal Canal; VIth Lock; [road] from Castleknock; Turnpike; [Bridges over canal: at VIth Lock, on the Turnpike; and, about 50 perches to the east, on road from Castleknock]; Proposed New Road [inked in red: from Blanchardstown to join with Pelletstown or Old Road, along southern border of Abbotstown Demesne]; Blanchardstown; Old Road; Nunnery; Schoolhouse; [road] from Dunshaughlin; Bye Road; Courtduffe; Part of Ballycullen; [road] from Courtduffe; [road] from Mullahuddert; Part of Ballycullen; New Road; Hill of Cloughran. A fine set of maps showing what was then pristine countryside, now the northern fringe of Dublin City.

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