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Yorkshire, East Riding. 'Plan of the Holderness Drainage in the County of Yorks'....
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/153
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This record is about the Yorkshire, East Riding. 'Plan of the Holderness Drainage in the County of Yorks'.... dating from 1781 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)
- MPE 1/153
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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Yorkshire, East Riding. 'Plan of the Holderness Drainage in the County of Yorks'. Includes names of fields and farms; shows land use. Scale: 1 inch to 32 chains. Compass indicator. A Bower, surveyor.
The piece which formerly bore map reference MPE 153 (ex LRRO 1/100) was transferred to MPEE 1/1 -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- LRRO 1/2900
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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)
- 82.5 cm x 64.3 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048401/
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MPE 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,864 records
Within the department: MPE
Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Office of Land Revenue...
1,864 records
Within the series: MPE 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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