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Rhymney Railway. 'Map of the Eastern Portion of the South Wales Mineral Field showing...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1030/76
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This record is about the Rhymney Railway. 'Map of the Eastern Portion of the South Wales Mineral Field showing... dating from 1855-1858 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 1030/76
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Rhymney Railway. 'Map of the Eastern Portion of the South Wales Mineral Field showing its Iron-works and Collieries[,] Railways, Tram Roads and Canals, and the Sea Ports of Cardiff and Newport. 1855': covering parts of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire as far inland as Hirwaun and Abergavenny. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass star. Lithographed by Standidge & Co, Old Jewry, London. Manuscript additions, in coloured ink, highlighting some existing railways (light blue) and showing proposed new railway lines (pink and green), including a branch line to Caerphilly and lines Bute Ironworks and Rhymney Ironworks to Walnut Tree Bridge. A sheet affixed to the dorse refers to a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas between the Rhymney Railway Company and the Taff Vale Railway Company; it states: 'This is the plan marked 'C' mentioned or referred to in the affidavit of William Richard Page ...' sworn 24 November 1858. A label of the Great Western Railway Company Central Record Office affixed to the dorse numbers this map as 'Plan 77'. The name of Mr John Bramley Moore MP is inscribed on the cover.
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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 2/68
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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)
- 81 cm x 66.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3468203/
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RAIL 1030
British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway...
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