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Three sheets of maps and plans produced in connection with claims made by Sir Bourchier...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/1329
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This record is about the Three sheets of maps and plans produced in connection with claims made by Sir Bourchier... dating from 1867-1868 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 1/1329
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1868
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Three sheets of maps and plans produced in connection with claims made by Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, Baronet. (1) Lithographed map of the north coast of Devon from The Foreland to Morte Bay, with a plan of the town of Ilfracombe on the same sheet. Reference table to 'freehold villa sites of the Ilfracombe Land and Investment Company (Limited) in Torres Park'. Compass indicator. Town plan published by John Banfield. Lithographed by C King, 2 Alma Terrace, Exeter, April 1868. (2) [Admiralty chart] of the coast off Barnstaple and Bideford districts, between Hangman Hill and Woolacombe Sands, showing soundings. Inset: map of Ilfracombe town. Printed. Tide table. Scales: chart 1 inch to 0.5 mile; inset 1 inch to about 210 feet. Compass indicator. Signed by Captain Denham, RN. Inset bears MS arrows. (3) Plans and sections of Ilfracombe foreshore, on one sheet. Property of B P Wrey indicated. MS, coloured. Scales: 1 inch to 2 chains (horizontal) and 100 feet (vertical). July 1867. Dimensions: (1) 24.3 cm x 36.2 cm; (2) 66.7 cm x 97 cm; (3) 68.04 cm x 87.65 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- LRRO 1/1542
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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