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Berkshire: Bray. 'A Plan or Map of Bray Wood in the Kings forrest, and mannor of...
Catalogue reference: MPEE 1/87
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This record is about the Berkshire: Bray. 'A Plan or Map of Bray Wood in the Kings forrest, and mannor of... dating from [early 18th century] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPEE 1/87
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Date (When the record was created)
- [early 18th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Berkshire: Bray. 'A Plan or Map of Bray Wood in the Kings forrest, and mannor of Bray ...'. Plan showing boundary with adjacent owners, place-names, buildings and the Bray to Ockingham (Wokingham) road. Scale: 1 inch to 10 poles. Compass star. The Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol II page 283 refers to a bequest of £500 to the free school at Bray in 1705 by William Cherry of Shotterbrook, one of the landowners shown on the map.
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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 1/1371
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 64 cm x 109 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1980
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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)
- Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol II (London, 1907)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048080/
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