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Regents Park. Plan of Primrose Hill, showing Shakespear's oak, life guards drill...
Catalogue reference: WORK 32/421
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This record is about the Regents Park. Plan of Primrose Hill, showing Shakespear's oak, life guards drill... dating from 1871 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 32/421
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Regents Park. Plan of Primrose Hill, showing Shakespear's oak, life guards drill ground, gymnasium and West Middlesex Water Works. Plan also shows information for the proposed new shrubberies and trees. No scale shown
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- R/RP: MIS/244; A/6/209; T S 205
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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)
- 53.5 cm x 66 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Ink drawing on handmade paper, coloured.
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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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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Royal Parks
- Forestry
- Sports
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1979930/
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WORK 32
Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Plans and Drawings
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