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'Map of the Grand Junction Railway and Adjacent Country, published by Order of the...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1030/11
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This record is about the 'Map of the Grand Junction Railway and Adjacent Country, published by Order of the... dating from 1836 in the series British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway.... 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)
- RAIL 1030/11
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Map of the Grand Junction Railway and Adjacent Country, published by Order of the Directors - Joseph Locke, Engineer': on four sheets, together covering the area between Preston in the north-west and Leicester in the south-east; also showing other railways, roads, waterways, county boundaries and place names; with a section of the Grand Junction Railway printed below the map. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles (horizontal); 1 inch to 400 feet [1:4,800] (vertical). Compass indicator. 'Piano-key' border. [?Based on Ordnance Survey mapping]; drawn, engraved and published under the direction of Charles F Cheffins, 9 Southampton Buildings, Holborn; published 1 July 1836. The north-western and north-eastern sheets of this copy have been joined, as have the south-western and south-eastern sheets. A note filed with the map states that it is 'from the collection of W.H. Williams, late Traffic Dept., Edge Hill and Lime Street, L.N.W.R. [London and North Western Railway] 1869-1916'. A label of the Institution of Civil Engineers Library affixed to the cover of the combined northern sheet, states that it was presented by the library by George A Hart, 12 October 1936.
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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)
- MPS 2/11B
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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)
- 70 cm x 98 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:126720
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, 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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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
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3468138/
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RAIL 1030
British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway...
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