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Series
Ordnance Survey: 1865 Survey of Commons and Open Spaces within 25-Mile Radius of...
Catalogue reference: OS 25
What's it about?
OS 25
This series consists of replies to a circular letter sent to parish Poor Law officers in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, at the request of the House of Commons Select Committee on Forests, Commons and Open...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OS 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: 1865 Survey of Commons and Open Spaces within 25-Mile Radius of London
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Date (When the record was created)
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1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of replies to a circular letter sent to parish Poor Law officers in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, at the request of the House of Commons Select Committee on Forests, Commons and Open Spaces in and around the Metropolis. The returns list forests, commons and open spaces within each parish, together with approximate acreage and other notes. Returns from all the counties, except those from Buckinghamshire, include maps and plans. OS 25/1 is a register of the returns.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is arranged by county, except for OS 25/1. Within each piece, returns are arranged in alphabetical order by parish. The accompanying maps are now stored separately and need to be ordered separately, as explained in the individual piece descriptions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Maps of commons and open spaces prepared for the House of Commons Select Committee on Forests, Commons and Open Spaces in and around the Metropolis were deposited in the Library of the House of Commons, but no longer appear to survive there.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Poverty
- Forestry
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A list of parishes included in the survey is available in in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The two reports of the Select Committee were printed for Parliament (HC (1865) viii). An index to these maps is in HC (1866) 1ix.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11443/
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Ordnance Survey: 1865 Survey of Commons and Open Spaces within 25-Mile Radius of London
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