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Rough sketch map of Roughton, Norfolk, to show roads, Damgate Street with houses,...
Catalogue reference: MPC 1/43
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This record is about the Rough sketch map of Roughton, Norfolk, to show roads, Damgate Street with houses,... dating from [? Edw VI] 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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- MPC 1/43
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? Edw VI]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Rough sketch map of Roughton, Norfolk, to show roads, Damgate Street with houses, ‘Rowton hall’, commons, West Heath, meadows, closes, gate, trees, hedges. Houses, hall, church, in simple perspective. No scale shown. Cardinal points added to particular features rather than for the whole map. Oriented to the north. Signed Robert Gerney (?). Endorsement: on label in late seventeenth-century hand 'No 43 Rowton Hall'. Apparently connected with a dispute over enclosure and subsequent loss of access to common, John Gryffyn and inhabitants of Roughton v Robert Wygmore, 2 Edward VI.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For documents relating to the same case, see R 5 in DL 1/24
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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)
- DL 31/43
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 56 cm x 69 cm
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- Pen and ink; irregular shape, damaged
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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 2792
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982586/
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MPC 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Rough sketch map of Roughton, Norfolk, to show roads, Damgate Street with houses,...
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