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10 items (113 sheets), formerly PRO 8/8. Plans of the Public Record Office at Chancery...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/169
What’s it about?
This record is about the 10 items (113 sheets), formerly PRO 8/8. Plans of the Public Record Office at Chancery... dating from 1850-[1892] 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 1/169
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850-[1892]
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Description (What the record is about)
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10 items (113 sheets), formerly PRO 8/8. Plans of the Public Record Office at Chancery Lane. Detailed descriptions are given at item level; order each item separately.
At the date of extraction, the parent document bore the reference PRO 8/121.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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On extraction to this reference, these items were originally bound in 13 portfolios numbered 1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. In 2003 they were repaired and rebound into 13 new portfolios numbered 1, 2, 3 part 1, 3 part 2, 4 part 1, 4 part 2, 4 part 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Original portfolios 1A and 1B are now combined as portfolio 1; the contents of original portfolios 3A and 3B are now in portfolios 3 part 1 and 3 part 2; and the contents of original portfolios 4A and 4B are now in portfolios 4 part 1, 4 part 2 and 4 part 3.
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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)
- PRO 8/121; PRO 8/8
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 portfolio(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047370/
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Series information
MPI 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MPI
Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of departments not assigned...
2,227 records
Within the series: MPI 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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10 items (113 sheets), formerly PRO 8/8. Plans of the Public Record Office at Chancery...
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