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1 item (enclosure to report dated 16 August 1877 by W G Owen, Great Western Railway)...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/581
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to report dated 16 August 1877 by W G Owen, Great Western Railway)... dating from 1877 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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- MFQ 1/581
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to report dated 16 August 1877 by W G Owen, Great Western Railway) extracted from RAIL 253/709. Plan showing Dodderhill Church and adjacent area, to illustrate the dangerous state of the Great Western Railway near Brine Swag at Droitwich, Worcestershire. Scale: 1 inch to 264 feet. Initialled: 'G.W.B. 16 Aug. 1877'. Stamped: 'Engineer's Office Paddington 16 Aug. 1877'. A note reads, 'To be sent to [T G] Saunders'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 56 cm x 62 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983602/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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