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Plan of Norwich, Norfolk, on two sheets, showing town buildings and streets bounded...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/221
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This record is about the Plan of Norwich, Norfolk, on two sheets, showing town buildings and streets bounded... dating from [1541] 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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- MPI 1/221
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1541]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plan of Norwich, Norfolk, on two sheets, showing town buildings and streets bounded by walls and river: churches, houses, castle, market cross, pillory, city gates, 'the tower in the hospitall medowe', and bridges, in bird's-eye view. No scale shown. Cardinal points: oriented to the south. Made to show metes, bounds, and areas of sanctuary within the city; ordered by commission from the king to the mayor of Norwich dated 10 February, 3[2] Henry VIII (in same portfolio, with certificate, each one sheet), following Act of 1541 to restrict rights of sanctuary. Dimensions of sheets: 98 cm x 72 cm and 98 cm x 68 cm
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- [Grid references: OSGB36: TG 235 085; WGS84: 52.62781, 1.30281]. WGS84 interpolated from OSGB36.
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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)
- SC 12/25/40
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 2788; P Harvey, Maps In Tudor England, (London, British Library and Public Record Office, 1993) plate 46; W T Bentley, The Streets and Lanes of the city of Norwich, (1889)
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