The story of
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.
Series
Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Boundary Record Maps (New Sketch Maps)
Catalogue reference: OS 31
What's it about?
OS 31
This series consists of boundary record maps - manuscript maps produced by the Ordnance Survey to record public boundaries after the discontinuation of boundary remark books in 1893. The purpose of these maps was to show the mereings of a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OS 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Boundary Record Maps (New Sketch Maps)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1865-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of boundary record maps - manuscript maps produced by the Ordnance Survey to record public boundaries after the discontinuation of boundary remark books in 1893. The purpose of these maps was to show the mereings of a boundary for verification (a mere is a landmark or object indicating a boundary). They are thus the successors to the boundary remark books and the boundary sketch maps. They are manuscript documents because no published mapping, other than at one inch to a mile, was available. Boundary record maps were superseded in the mid 1930s by six-inch and 1:2,500 revised boundary maps.
They relate to English, Welsh and Scottish boundaries.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
OS 31/1-2537 use the former reference number originally assigned to the map as the PRO reference. Some maps, however, had a former reference ending in A. These pieces have been renumbered to become OS 31/2538-2735. The former reference is shown in the catalogue.
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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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2735 flat sheet(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Formerly, one or more meresmen were appointed to establish the exact boundaries of a parish, but for a long period local authorities, in place of the old meresmen, signed the maps as the authority for the boundary to be published.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11449/
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Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Boundary Record Maps (New Sketch Maps)
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