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1 item extracted from DL 4/24/11. Lancashire: Swinton in Worsley (now in Greater...
Catalogue reference: MPC 1/256
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from DL 4/24/11. Lancashire: Swinton in Worsley (now in Greater... dating from [1582] 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 1/256
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1582]
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1 item extracted from DL 4/24/11. Lancashire: Swinton in Worsley (now in Greater Manchester). 'The platte of Peltonhay & of Foxholes' (endorsement). Rough sketch plan of Pelton Hey and adjoining named fields, including 'The Foxholes', hedges and ditch; houses, roads and road-gates. Also shows White Moss, Swinton Moor, and John Gawen's tenement of Little Woodley. No scale shown. Cardinal points: oriented to the north. Extracted from papers in a dispute over enclosure of land heard in the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster, Gilbert Sherington v Thomas Worsley and others. Map made by order of commission dated 12 February, 24 Elizabeth I. Signed by three of the commissioners in the case: Robert Charnock, James Anderton, Nicholas Rigby.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 43 cm x 32 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MPC 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Duchy of Lancaster
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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