Robert Baugh (1748 – 27 December 1832) was a Welsh surveyor, copper-plate engraver, map-maker and print-maker.

Early life

Robert Baugh, the son of Christiana and Robert Baugh, was born in 1748 in

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, near

Llanymynech Llanymynech is a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the ba ...

, and was baptised at Llanymynech church on May 2, 1749.

Career

John Evans's map of

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(1795) was engraved by Baugh. In 1809, the

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in London awarded him a fifteen guineas and a silver medal for his map of

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

, which was noted for sharp engraved lines and accuracy. He was also a draughtsman and a surveyor, for area aqueduct and road projects. He also worked for Telford and Stevenson on the

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. He was the

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clerk and church warden of the Llanymynech church for many years. The church has several brass plates made by Baugh, hung on its north wall.

Personal life

He married Catherine Edwards of

Carreghofa Carreghofa ( cy, Carreghwfa) is a community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, and is 89.6 miles (144.2 km) from Cardiff and 153.6 miles (247.2 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Carreghofa was 667 with 10.2% of them able to speak ...

on 25 May 1782 and lived in Llwyn-tidman, just east of Llanymynech. Their children included Susanna, Catherine, Robert and Margaret. Baugh died near Llanymynech on 27 December 1832, aged 84.

References

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