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'A Mapp or description of all the feild land in or neer the Dock called the Kings...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/513
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This record is about the 'A Mapp or description of all the feild land in or neer the Dock called the Kings... dating from [1667] 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 1/513
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1667]
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Mapp or description of all the feild land in or neer the Dock called the Kings Yard neer unto Portsmouth through w ch the new Fortifications are drawn set [illegible] as are to be paid for coulored yellow drawn & made by Jonas Moore'. Shows strips of land, occupiers, acreage. Coloured border. Scale: 4.5 inches to 30 perches. Below title: 'Vide Entry Book H pa 180 Anno 1667'. Pencilled addition in early 20th-century hand: 'E 513'. Endorsements: title and entry book reference in manuscript (very faded); stamped '89/70'; paper label with '252'. Drawn to accompany Moore's report and survey dated 14 Dec 1667, made in pursuance of Order in Council of 22 Nov 1667 respecting the payment of compensation to owners of land spoilt by the construction of the fortifications (see entry book H: CRES 6/8, ff 178v-180).
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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 1/244
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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)
- 49.5 cm x 37 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2920
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 no 1740.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048761/
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