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Yorkshire: Thorne Moor and Goole Moor (Inclesmoor). Map of lands bounded by rivers...
Catalogue reference: MPC 1/56
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This record is about the Yorkshire: Thorne Moor and Goole Moor (Inclesmoor). Map of lands bounded by rivers... dating from [c 1450] 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)
- MPC 1/56
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Yorkshire: Thorne Moor and Goole Moor (Inclesmoor). Map of lands bounded by rivers Aire, Ouse, Humber and Trent, Don (Tourne) and old Don (Doen), partly in Lincolnshire; Hatfield and Crowle mark southern edge. Also shows other towns and villages, meres, named pastures, park; roads; trees and plants. Buildings, bridges and crosses in bird's-eye view. Triple division of Airmyn Moor into 'parts of 10,000'. Text in Latin: place-names and cardinal points in English. No scale shown. Oriented to the south. Cardinal points shown. Endorsed: 'No 61 Indorsed thus, Snayth The platt of Water of Eyre'. This covers an older endorsement, now obscured. To illustrate a dispute over turbaries and pasturage in the moor between the Duchy of Lancaster and St Mary's Abbey, York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- [Grid references: OSGB36: SE 843 210; WGS84: 53.67843, -0.72361]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For papers in the case and another map which covers the same area in less detail, see fols 30-47 in DL 42/12
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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 31/61
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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 and Latin
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 64 cm x 87 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Parchment; irregular shape. Manuscript, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 3640; chapter 12 by M Beresford in Local Maps and Plans from Medieval England, eds R A Skelton and P D A Harvey, (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986); R Mitchell and A Janes, Maps: their untold stories, (Bloomsbury, 2014), pp22-23 profile and colour plate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982599/
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