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'A Plan of the Lands called the Kings Forest or Kings Woods, lying in that part of...
Catalogue reference: MPZ 1/7
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This record is about the 'A Plan of the Lands called the Kings Forest or Kings Woods, lying in that part of... dating from 1791 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records. 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)
- MPZ 1/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Plan of the Lands called the Kings Forest or Kings Woods, lying in that part of the Forest of Waltham called Hainault Forest and in the Parishes of Barking and Dagenham in the County of Essex'. A copy of the plan made in 1791 by Joseph Pennington. Below title, a note states: 'Copied from the Original in the House of Commons by Rob t Gray'. Dedication: 'To the Honorable the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament assembled this Plan is humbly presented with the Fifteenth Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the State and Condition of the Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown', 28 March 1793. Scale: 1 inch to about 13 and one third chains. Folded, in a case.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This is a smaller version of, and possibly of slightly earlier date than, the map at MR 1/303
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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)
- LRRO 1/236
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or 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)
- 47.5 cm x 67.8 cm
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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 988
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047064/
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MPZ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MPZ
Maps and plans extracted from records of various departments
61 records
Within the series: MPZ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
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'A Plan of the Lands called the Kings Forest or Kings Woods, lying in that part of...
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