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Lancashire. Plan and section of an intended railway or tramroad from Liverpool to...
Catalogue reference: MPCC 1/4
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This record is about the Lancashire. Plan and section of an intended railway or tramroad from Liverpool to... dating from 1824 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPCC 1/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lancashire. Plan and section of an intended railway or tramroad from Liverpool to Manchester. Scales: 1 inch to 1 mile; section 1 inch to 400 feet. Compass star. Surveyed by George Stephenson, engineer, 20 November 1824. Engraved by J and A Walker, 47 Bernard Street, Russell Square, London, and Pool Lane, Liverpool. Attached to a letter of 6 April 1826 from the Treasury to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1 sheet).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPC 163; DL 31/197
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 74.5 cm x 111 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 3221
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982537/
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MPCC 1
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