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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.
Series
Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images
Catalogue reference: OS 51
What's it about?
OS 51
This series contains photographic and pictorial images, some of which were created for the covers of published maps or to be published in booklets etc, produced by Ordnance Survey; others were created to record the process of map-production by...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 51
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains photographic and pictorial images, some of which were created for the covers of published maps or to be published in booklets etc, produced by Ordnance Survey; others were created to record the process of map-production by Ordnance Survey and the history of the Survey itself. The photographic images include a record of the exterior and interior of buildings occupied by Ordnance Survey, and equipment used in the surveying and printing of maps.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The initial transfer will consist of slides. Each of these slides is titled individually, and a full listing of the material will be created with slides grouped in their existing broad subject areas.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1537 glass plates
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Ordnance Survey
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- The initial transfer of positive black-and-white glass slides will be transferred in its existing case. The case comprises a wooden box, a cube of 50cm sides, with drawers. It is possible these slides will be put onto CD-ROM.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- This series will accrue, though after the arrival of the glass slides and the artwork from Ordnance Survey's exhibition centre, it is likely to be only of a minimal nature with a few photographs or solitary original piece of artwork each year.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The initial transfer will consist of about 1,500 lantern slides, ranging in date from about 1950 to about 1968, together with a catalogue. Subsequently, a collection of 35mm transparencies will also be transferred. These two collections provide a unique photographic record of the Ordnance Survey and its work. The artwork for map covers (some of it commissioned from famous artists of the earlier part of the twentieth century), will be selected in its entirety.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15527/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: OS
Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
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Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images
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