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1 item extracted from SP 12/287 (item 88) and SP 59/42. Northern England. Plan and...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/146
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from SP 12/287 (item 88) and SP 59/42. Northern England. Plan and... dating from [1587] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPF 1/146
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1587]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from SP 12/287 (item 88) and SP 59/42. Northern England. Plan and bird's-eye view of an 'Inskonce' (sconce or small fort) for the defence of the English border with Scotland, showing positions of opposing forces. Reference table on separate sheet. Scale: about 1 inch to 120 feet. Drawn to accompany an anonymous treatise on fortifying the border, which remains in SP 59/42.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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This map was found in two parts, which were joined in 1960. The separate reference sheet and the left-hand seven inches of the plan were previously under the reference SP 59/42; the remainder of the plan was already at that date under the reference MPF 146, extracted from SP 12/287/88.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 28.7 cm x 69.6 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 18
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982090/
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MPF 1
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1 item extracted from SP 12/287 (item 88) and SP 59/42. Northern England. Plan and...
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