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Two sheets of the General Survey of England Wales. (2) Ordnance Survey one-inch Old...
Catalogue reference: MPZ 1/37
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPZ 1/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two sheets of the General Survey of England Wales. (2) Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales: a single-sheet version of sheets XX, XXI, XXVI and XXVII showing north Devon and parts of Cornwall and Somerset, between Hartland Point and Wick St Lawrence on the coast and inland from Whitstones to Axminster. Piano-key border to top, left and right sides. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Engraved at the Tower by Benjamin Baker and assistants, the writing by Ebenezer Bourne. Published 11 October 1809. (1) Title sheet: 'The Second Part of the General Survey of England and Wales containing the whole of Devon and portions of the adjoining Counties done by the Surveyors of His Majesty's Ordnance under the Direction of Lt. Col 1. Mudge of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S.' Folded, in a case. For a full set of draft sheets 20-27, covering the whole of Devon, see MPHH 1/313, and for published versions of sheets XXII, XXIV and XXV, covering south Devon, see MPHH 1/133
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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 1/1538
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS one-inch Old Series England and Wales
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 124.2 cm x 184.2 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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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 1992
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047094/
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MPZ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
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Maps and plans extracted from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
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