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London, Middlesex and Surrey. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch map of London and its environs...
Catalogue reference: LRRO 1/2044
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This record is about the London, Middlesex and Surrey. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch map of London and its environs... dating from 1848-1851 in the series Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments and predecessors: Associated Departments.... 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)
- LRRO 1/2044
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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London, Middlesex and Surrey. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch map of London and its environs sheet VII SE, showing land on both sides of the River Thames between London Bridge and the Isle of Dogs. Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile. Cardinal points in the borders. [Reduced from sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:1,056 'skeleton' map]; surveyed and engraved under the direction of Captain [William] Yolland, Royal Engineers, at the Ordnance Map Office, Southampton, 1848-1851. Coloured MS additions show Crown land, formerly part of a tobacco-burning ground, near Rotherhithe Pier (now in the London Borough of Southwark).
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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 designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS twelve-inch London
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 39 cm x 99 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5280
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3874188/
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LRRO 1
Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments and predecessors: Associated Departments...
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