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Ravenser Odd
Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.
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Traverse optical survey - use of horizontal staff off setting: photograph circa 1950...
Catalogue reference: OS 51/155
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This record is about the Traverse optical survey - use of horizontal staff off setting: photograph circa 1950... dating from 1950 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31 in the series Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 51/155
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Traverse optical survey - use of horizontal staff off setting: photograph circa 1950 of the use of a tachyometer and horizontal staff to off set from the corner of a building
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 154
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10970622/
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OS 51
Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images
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