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Map of Soham Mere, Cambridgeshire, and surrounding fens, arable land and Wicken...
Catalogue reference: MPC 1/62
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This record is about the Map of Soham Mere, Cambridgeshire, and surrounding fens, arable land and Wicken... dating from [c 1545] 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 1/62
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c 1545]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map of Soham Mere, Cambridgeshire, and surrounding fens, arable land and Wicken Common, showing watercourses, dams, bridges, roads. Perambulation marked along watercourses. Some lands described as 'rent to the king'. Villages of Soham, Fordham and Wicken represented by their churches, shown in perspective. No scale shown. Oriented to the east. Cardinal points in margin. Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century hand on label affixed to dorse: 'No 68 Indorsed thus, Soham Park, Soham Mere PerAmbulacion Halymer G'. '68' in later hand (presumably referring to the designation DL 31/68).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- [Grid references: OSGB36: TL 593 731; WGS84: 52.33244, 0.33819]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.
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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 31/68
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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)
- 67 cm x 82 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Parchment. Pen and ink, water-colour
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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 2516
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982605/
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