William Shenstone and the Leasowes
The English landscape garden in transition, c.1740-1763

Ralph Harrington
BA (Lond.), MSt (Oxon.), DPhil (Oxon.)

Map 1: the location of the Leasowes
This map gives an overall picture of the location of the Leasowes in relation to the surrounding area of the English west midlands. View map>>

Map 2: General plan of the Leasowes, c.1763
This is a detailed plan of the Leasowes showing the garden (as far as is possible) as it was at the time of Shenstone’s death in 1763. View map>>

Map 3: The circuit path at the Leasowes
The circuit path at the Leasowes was a vital part of visitors’ experiences of the garden. This map shows the path which was incorporated into the various guides to the Leasowes, the direction taken, the features seen, and the order in which they were encountered. View map>>

Sources for the maps: The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq., ed. Robert Dodsley (2 vols., Dublin, 1764); Particulars and Conditions of the Sale of the Leasowes (London, 1795); A Companion to the Leasowes, Hagley, and Enville; with a Sketch of Fisherwick, near Lichfield (Birmingham, 1789; repr. with illustration and amendments, 1800); A Description of Hagley, Envil, and the Leasowes, wherein All the Latin Inscriptions are translated and every Particular Beauty described (Birmingham, c.1800); Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, William Shenstone and the Leasowes (Dudley, 1988); John Riely, ‘Shenstone’s walks: the genesis of the Leasowes’, Apollo, no. 110 (1979), pp. 202-9.

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To cite print version: Ralph Harrington, William Shenstone and the Leasowes: The English Landscape Garden in Transition, c.1740-1763 (unpub. M.St. thesis, University of Oxford, 1994)
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