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170 plans, with a contents list, of estates and farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/162
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This record is about the 170 plans, with a contents list, of estates and farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital... dating from [1805]-1824 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)
- MPI 1/162
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1805]-1824
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Description (What the record is about)
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170 plans, with a contents list, of estates and farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital in the counties of Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, showing field-names, acreage, woodland, watercourses and buildings. Reference tables. Scales: 1 inch to 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 chains. Some surveyed by Nicholas Weatherly, and Joseph Dickenson or Dickinson. Almost all engraved by J Walker. Volume size 43.5 cm x 37 cm.
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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)
- ADM 79/18
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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 3152. Archival reference erroneously printed as ADM 79/180.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047363/
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MPI 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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170 plans, with a contents list, of estates and farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital...
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