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Tower of London. 'Copy of the draught of the Tower Liberties survey'd in the year...
Catalogue reference: WORK 31/836
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This record is about the Tower of London. 'Copy of the draught of the Tower Liberties survey'd in the year... dating from early 18th century in the series Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Plans and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WORK 31/836
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Date (When the record was created)
- early 18th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Tower of London. 'Copy of the draught of the Tower Liberties survey'd in the year 1597 by Gulelmus Haiward and I. Gascoyne'. Copy made by Robert Whitehand, Draughtsman of the Ordnance, January 17[year illegible] of a lost sixteenth-century manuscript map by William Hayward and Joel Gascoyne. No scale shown. This map was on display at the Museum of London from 1913 to 2001.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 58.5 cm x 63.5 cm
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- Pen and ink, colour wash
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2003823/
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WORK 31
Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Plans and...
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