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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Henry Allnutt, clerk to the Commissioners...
Catalogue reference: MF 1/79
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Henry Allnutt, clerk to the Commissioners... dating from 1770-[1794] in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MF 1/79
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1770-[1794]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Henry Allnutt, clerk to the Commissioners of the Thames Navigation, 21 November) extracted from CRES 2/639. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex, Surrey. 'A Plan of the River Thames from Boulter's Lock to Mortlake ...': map of the area between Maidenhead, Chiswick and Weybridge, also showing turnpike roads and gates, and selected landowners' names; Hampton Court Park and various other open spaces coloured green. Key to towpaths, barge tracks, etc; reference table to distances (in miles) from Boulter's Lock; notes on improvements made to the navigation, August 1774 - April 1777. Scale: 2 inches to 1 mile. Compass star. Surveyed (by order of the City of London) by James Brindley, Engineer, 1770; drawn by Robert Whitworth; engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, 1771; revised by Robert Whitworth, 1774. A note states that the 1774 revision was 'continued to London Bridge'; however, this map does not extend eastward beyond Richmond Park. Manuscript title: 'And A Plan of A Canal from Taplow Mill to Isleworth MDCCXCIII [1793]': manuscript additions, in black in, showing this canal, a proposed collateral cut from the canal to the River Thames at Windsor, and plot numbers [which, according to Allnutt's letter, were taken from a plan and book of reference in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of Buckinghamshire]. Further additions, in red ink, relating to a fishing ground on Bray Reach, to the south of Maidenhead. Endorsed: 'Plan of proposed Canal from Boulter's Lock to Isleworth and Memorial of Messrs George and John White praying His Majesty's consent thereto. Referred to Surv. Genl. [Surveyor General] 8th March 1794'.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 49.5 cm x 104.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:31680
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with MS colouring. Perished along some fold lines.
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11498085/
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Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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