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Essex: Harwich. (1)-(14) Reference book to Crown lands, dated 1851, listing tenants,...
Catalogue reference: MPEE 1/165
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This record is about the Essex: Harwich. (1)-(14) Reference book to Crown lands, dated 1851, listing tenants,... dating from 1851-1866 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 1/165
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1866
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Essex: Harwich. (1)-(14) Reference book to Crown lands, dated 1851, listing tenants, rentals and properties; apparently does not relate to the map at (15), to which it is attached. (15) Plan and section (on one sheet) of Crown lands in the vicinity of the battery, and cement and gas works; showing a new culvert, sluices, drainage works, the Great Eastern Railway. Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain (horizontal); 1 inch to 10 feet (vertical). Compass indicator. Drawn by Richard B Grantham, civil engineer, 22 Whitehall Place, 1866. Dimensions of plan: 65 cm x 101.9 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)
- LRRO 1/1642
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048158/
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