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Buckinghamshire: 'The county of Buckingham ...'. Topographical map on two sheets,...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/5695

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This record is about the Buckinghamshire: 'The county of Buckingham ...'. Topographical map on two sheets,... dating from 1788 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 78/5695
Date
1788
Description

Buckinghamshire: 'The county of Buckingham ...'. Topographical map on two sheets, showing roads, towns, hundreds, hills, vegetation. Title in decorative cartouche with view to Eton and pastoral scene. Reference table. Scale bar: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass star. Surveyed in 1766, 1767 and 1768; engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King; published by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, 1788. Inset town plan of Buckingham, showing Castle Hill with church in crude elevation, River Ouse, roads; at a scale of 1 inch to 6 chains.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
C 3
Former reference
Former PRO Library reference: Map C.3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
85 cm x 68 cm
Physical condition
Engraved, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274637/

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