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Cumberland and Northumberland. (1) title page. (2)-(18) 20 maps, on 17 sheets, of...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/230
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This record is about the Cumberland and Northumberland. (1) title page. (2)-(18) 20 maps, on 17 sheets, of... dating from 1736-1798 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 1/230
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1736-1798
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cumberland and Northumberland. (1) title page. (2)-(18) 20 maps, on 17 sheets, of estates of the 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, forfeited to Greenwich Hospital. Farms, stiles, gates, springs or wells, boundary stones, divisions of common land, highways, footpaths, field-names, rivers and streams, names of proprietors and adjacent proprietors are shown. Scales: 1 inch to 4, 8, 12 and 16 chains. Compass stars. Reference table to maps on the title page. Many surveyed by Isaac Thompson in 1736. Coloured, MS additions and amendments by Messrs Walton and Smeaton in 1763 and by Nicholas Walton in 1797-1798.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For items numbered (19)-(36), see MPII 1/40
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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 79/13
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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)
- 58.5 cm x 71 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 3340
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047431/
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MPI 1
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