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1 item, numbered (1), (originally enclosed with despatch number 24 from L Hamilton...
Catalogue reference: MRQ 1/21
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This record is about the 1 item, numbered (1), (originally enclosed with despatch number 24 from L Hamilton... dating from 1926 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MRQ 1/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item, numbered (1), (originally enclosed with despatch number 24 from L Hamilton Homes, Consulate General, Yokohama, to the British Embassy, Tokyo, 4 June 1926) extracted from FO 262/1667. Japan. 'Former Foreign Settlement (Yamashita-cho) Yokohama Readjustment plan in connection with Street Improvement Proposals June 1926': plan, in Japanese, showing named streets including the Bund, the line of a new street, old and new lot boundaries, and lot numbers. Reference tables. Compass star. Copied from a plan prepared by Marshall Martin. MS additions giving English translations. Subsequently enclosed in despatch number 299 from the Embassy, 4 June 1926. A reference table to perpetual leaseholders remains with the parent document.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For items numbered (2)-(4), see MFQ 1/1223
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 84 cm x 189 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:600
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3979404/
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MRQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments held...
70 records
Within the series: MRQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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