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Tithe map of Somersham (parish), Huntingdonshire (tithable parts only in detail)....
Catalogue reference: IR 30/16/47
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This record is about the Tithe map of Somersham (parish), Huntingdonshire (tithable parts only in detail).... dating from 1839; 1922 in the series Tithe Commission and Successors: Tithe Maps. 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)
- IR 30/16/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839; 1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Tithe map of Somersham (parish), Huntingdonshire (tithable parts only in detail). Shows buildings; church and windmills (both pictorial); field boundary ownership, orchards, modus land, 'highland' and 'lowland', woods, named roads, milestones, bridges, named watercourses. Turnpike roads distinguished; toll bar. Colouring used. Decorative border; scale bars are ruler-like. Scale: 1 inch to 6 chains; enlargement of village at 1 inch to 2 chains [1:1584]. By Joseph Jackson, March.
With 1 altered apportionment map, dated 22 May 1922, at 1:2500, showing Great Eastern Railway. Other altered apportionment maps are located with the apportionment.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Tithe file: IR 18/3452
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Tithe apportionment:
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:4752
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Manuscript
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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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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
- Railways
- Tithes
- Maps and plans
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Roger J P Kain and Richard R Oliver, The Tithe Maps of England and Wales (Cambridge, 1995).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2302102/
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Series information
IR 30
Tithe Commission and Successors: Tithe Maps
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