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1 item extracted from SP 50/5 (folio 175). England-Scotland boundary. 'The Plan of...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/257
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from SP 50/5 (folio 175). England-Scotland boundary. 'The Plan of... dating from [1552] 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 1/257
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1552]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from SP 50/5 (folio 175). England-Scotland boundary. 'The Plan of the Debatable Land between England and Scotland' (endorsement): map of land on the Cumberland-Dumfriesshire border in dispute, covering about ten square miles. Shows Liddesdale, Nicholl Forest, towns, rivers, forests, hills, mosses, a standing stone. Buildings drawn in simple elevation. Elementary hill-shading. Scale bar: 2 inches to 1 mile. An early example of a map drawn to scale, although Tyacke and Huddy (p15) suggest that a customary mile may have been used, rather than the standard mile. Drawn and signed by Henry Bullock, subsequently Master Mason of the King's Works. Cardinal points set diagonally in margins. Oriented to the north-west. To illustrate proposals by the parties and agreement reached on the question of the Anglo-Scottish border. Four lines show: the Scottish offer, the French ambassador's and the English commissioners' proposals, and the boundary agreed between the parties on 24 September 1552. Enclosure to explanation in Latin signed by the French ambassador to England, Claude de Laval, who was involved in the case as a mediator.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- [Grid references: OSGB36: NY 425 774; WGS84: 55.08764, -2.90094]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 43 cm x 58 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:31680
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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 3149. Plate 29 in P D A Harvey, Maps in Tudor England, (London, British Library and Public Record Office, 1993). Plate 12 in S Tyacke and J Huddy, Christopher Saxton and Tudor Map-Making, (London, British Library, 1980).
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982201/
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