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Piece
Kent (now in London Borough of Greenwich). Plan of Greenwich workhouse and lands...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/451
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This record is about the Kent (now in London Borough of Greenwich). Plan of Greenwich workhouse and lands... dating from Nov 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)
- MPE 1/451
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Date (When the record was created)
- Nov 1798
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent (now in London Borough of Greenwich). Plan of Greenwich workhouse and lands belonging to it. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. Compass indicator. Surveyed by John Marquand and Thomas Leverton.
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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 1/266
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 53.6 cm x 47.5 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 100
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048699/
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MPE 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Office of Land Revenue...
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Kent (now in London Borough of Greenwich). Plan of Greenwich workhouse and lands...
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