Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
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1 item extracted from SP 78/287 (folio 231). Two sections on one sheet showing canals...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/342
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from SP 78/287 (folio 231). Two sections on one sheet showing canals... dating from 1773 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 1/342
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1773
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from SP 78/287 (folio 231). Two sections on one sheet showing canals around Dunkirk, France. (1) 'Profil N o. 1. From the Harbour of Dunkirk, along the Canals of Bergues and the Moere to the Fire Engine and from thence to the Moere shewing how the Water of that Lake is thereby convey'd to the Sea ...'. (2) 'Profil N o. 2. Taken across the Great Moere, shewing the different heights of the Waters in the Canals of Furnes & of Honshote, as well as the Water in the Lake, and in the Ryngsloot, after being raised by the Windmills'. Vertical scale 4.5 cm to 30 French feet. Signed by Andrew Frazer, Dunkirk, 6 April 1773.
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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)
- 25 cm x 73 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:220
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1208
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982286/
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