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Hampshire: Portsmouth. 'Plat of the wharf & cranes at portesmo[uth] by popinjay':...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/4
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This record is about the Hampshire: Portsmouth. 'Plat of the wharf & cranes at portesmo[uth] by popinjay':... dating from [?1574] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPF 1/4
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- [?1574]
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Hampshire: Portsmouth. 'Plat of the wharf & cranes at portesmo[uth] by popinjay': endorsement. Outline plan of wharf, showing positions of a 'great' crane and two other cranes. Dimensions given. Note of quantities of material used in the works. Scale: [1 inch to 10 feet]. Drawn by Richard Popinjay, surveyor of works at Portsmouth from 1560.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- SP 46/36/2
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- Public Record(s)
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- 28.5 cm x 41 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 1733
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981948/
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