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: Trigonometrical and Levelling Divisions: Levelling Heighter Lists
Catalogue reference: OS 56
What's it about?
OS 56
Records from the Primary, Second and Third Order Geodetic levelling of Great Britain by the Ordnance Survey 1840-1968. The lists contain descriptions and heights of all bench marks, given in levelling line order and to 3 or 4 decimal places. The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Trigonometrical and Levelling Divisions: Levelling Heighter Lists
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records from the Primary, Second and Third Order Geodetic levelling of Great Britain by the Ordnance Survey 1840-1968.
The lists contain descriptions and heights of all bench marks, given in levelling line order and to 3 or 4 decimal places. The series also includes detail pamphlets, created in the field and recording extra bench marks not included in the abstracts nor in the modern electronic database currently in use at the Ordnance Survey.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Directorate of Field Survey, 1946-1973
- Ordnance Survey, Control and Trigonometrical Division, 1925-1930
- Ordnance Survey, control, trigonometrical and levelling branches, 1791-1925
- Ordnance Survey, Levelling Division, 1925-1934
- Ordnance Survey, Trigonometrical and Levelling Division, 1935-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16180/
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Ordnance Survey: Trigonometrical and Levelling Divisions: Levelling Heighter Lists
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