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Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Plan for improving the Serpentine, to ensure a...

Catalogue reference: WORK 32/57

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This record is about the Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Plan for improving the Serpentine, to ensure a... dating from 1838 in the series Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Plans and Drawings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WORK 32/57
Date
1838
Description

Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Plan for improving the Serpentine, to ensure a constant supply of pure water by Artesian Borings. Scale: 1 inch to 120 feet. Drawn by John Martin.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
R/HP/KG:SER/144; A/2/89; T S 111
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
51 cm x 122 cm
Physical condition
Ink drawing on Whatman paper, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Maps and plans
Royal Parks
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1979569/

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WORK 32

Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Plans and Drawings

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