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Cheshire. Chester and Birkenhead railway: plan and section. Scale: plan 2 inches...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/642
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This record is about the Cheshire. Chester and Birkenhead railway: plan and section. Scale: plan 2 inches... dating from 29 Nov 1830 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 1/642
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Date (When the record was created)
- 29 Nov 1830
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cheshire. Chester and Birkenhead railway: plan and section. Scale: plan 2 inches to 1 mile; vertical section, 240 feet to an inch. G[eorge] Stephenson, engineer. Samuel Davies, surveyor. C Ingrey, lithographer, 310 Strand.
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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 1/673
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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)
- 46.5 cm x 99.1 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:31680
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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)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 3108
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048890/
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MPE 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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