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Ravenser Odd
Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.
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'Ground Plan of the Marshalsea Prison and adjacent Premises on the South'. MS, coloured....
Catalogue reference: SP 112/87
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This record is about the 'Ground Plan of the Marshalsea Prison and adjacent Premises on the South'. MS, coloured.... dating from [?c.1808) in the series State Paper Office: Domestic and Foreign: Maps. 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)
- SP 112/87
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?c.1808)
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Ground Plan of the Marshalsea Prison and adjacent Premises on the South'. MS, coloured. 1 inch to 25 feet. 44 cm x 24 cm. Paper watermarked 'Whatman 1808'.
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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)
- Former PRO Library reference: MC 9:01
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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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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
- Maps and plans
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3881052/
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Series information
SP 112
State Paper Office: Domestic and Foreign: Maps
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State Paper Office: Domestic and Foreign: Maps
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'Ground Plan of the Marshalsea Prison and adjacent Premises on the South'. MS, coloured....
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