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1 item, numbered (6), (originally enclosed with a letter from T H Farmer, Board of...
Catalogue reference: MRQ 1/12
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This record is about the 1 item, numbered (6), (originally enclosed with a letter from T H Farmer, Board of... dating from [1871] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MRQ 1/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1871]
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1 item, numbered (6), (originally enclosed with a letter from T H Farmer, Board of Trade, 23 December 1871) extracted from FO 27/2214. Kent: Dover. Plan of parts of the parishes of St James and St Mary the Virgin, showing the harbour works required for a proposed ferry service across the English Channel; also showing the Lord Warden Hotel, the tidal harbour, the tide levels, the North, South and Admiralty piers, and a proposed new pier and jetties. Scale: 1 inch to about 90 feet. Compass indicator. Farmer's letter gave the Board of Trade's opinions on the viability of various proposed new cross-channel routes.
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For items numbered (1)-(5), see MFQ 1/1023
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 106 cm x 106 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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