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'Wyld's Great Western Railway Map 1839': two copies of a map and section showing...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1030/18
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This record is about the 'Wyld's Great Western Railway Map 1839': two copies of a map and section showing... dating from 1839 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)
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RAIL 1030/18
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Date (When the record was created)
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1839
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Wyld's Great Western Railway Map 1839': two copies of a map and section showing the line between London Paddington and Bristol. Scale: 1 inch to 5 miles (horizontal); 1 inch to 600 feet [1:7,200] (vertical). Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East. Insets: maps and sections of the Bristol and Exeter Railway and [Cheltenham and Great] Western Union Railway; outline map of the British Isles, showing the positions of these three railway lines. Three labels are affixed to copy A only: (i) on the front cover: 'Wyld's Great Western, Cheltenham, Bristol & Gloucester Railway Map'; (ii) inside the cover: 'Presented by Mr Percy Chester, 8 Melville Road, Hove, September 1935'; (iii) Great Western Railway Company label, annotated: 'Catalogued in the Company's Collection of Exhibits at Paddington Station as No B. 306'.
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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)
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MPS 2/16A, MPS 2/16B
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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33 cm x 52 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:316800
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Engraved
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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/C3468145/
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RAIL 1030
British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway...
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