Map of encampments at Sendheath, 1759-62 (Woking, Surrey, UK) 51°19'08"N 00°33'32"W

A map of encampments at Sendheath, 1759-62. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).

The facing page (RCIN 731068.v) lists the regiments for the camps for each year from 1759 to 1762. The encamped regiments in 1759, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Ancram, are: 8th King's Own; 34^th Effingham's; 33^rd Lord Charles Hay's; 5th Bentinck's. The encamped regiments for 1760, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earls of Ancram and Albemarle, and Cornwallis, are: 30^th Loudon's; 36^th Lord Robert Manners's; 72^nd Duke of Richmond's. The encamped regiments for 1761, under the command of Lieutenant-General Cornwallis and Carr, are: 34^th Cavendish's; 72^nd Duke of Richmond's; Bedfordshire. The encamped regiments for 1762, under the command of Lieutenant-General Carr, are: 31^st Holmes's; 36^th Manners's; E. Bat. Suffolk.

BL Add MS 15532: [f.25, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 25. 'PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on SEND-HEATH 1762'. Scale: 1:7,088. Scale bar: [129 mm =] 1000 yards. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 30.0 x 35.1 cm (image). [Text on facing page; numbered, top right of verso, black pencil:] 24. 'Encampments at Send-heath / 1759'. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters G R below. Size: 32.6 x 34.5 cm (image). Difference in title; the Add MS copy also shows, in black ink superimposed on the camp layout, the camp of 1759; some small differences in field boundaries; different cartographer; the Add MS copy is more polished in appearance.

In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.

Condition: flat, no fold lines.