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Cheshire: Birkenhead. Plan of proposed docks, showing works authorised by the first...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/647
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This record is about the Cheshire: Birkenhead. Plan of proposed docks, showing works authorised by the first... dating from 1847 Apr 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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- MPE 1/647
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1847 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cheshire: Birkenhead. Plan of proposed docks, showing works authorised by the first and second Acts of the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners and works now sought to be authorised by Parliament. Reference note. Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet. Compass indicator. J M Rendel, engineer.
The reference note gives the dates of the first and second Acts of Parliament as 1844 [probably the 'Birkenhead Docks Act' of that year] and 1845 [probably the 'Birkenhead Dock Act' of that year].
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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 1/679
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 67.6 cm x 100.3 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 3095
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4048895/
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