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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets Lancashire 38 and [43], joined to show...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/222
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets Lancashire 38 and [43], joined to show... dating from 1848-1862 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled 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)
- MR 1/222
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets Lancashire 38 and [43], joined to show the estuary of the River Wyre. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Sheet 43 surveyed 1844 by Capt Tucker and Lts Hamley and Stanley, RE; contoured 1846 by Lts Cameron and Barlow, RE. Engraved 1846-1847 at the Ordnance Map Office, Southampton: outline by L D'Elbous; writing by J A Harrison; ornament by G Walker. Published 31 March 1848. MS additions show the line of embankment across Kirkscar Bay proposed by Sir Peter Fleetwood; inset MS sections through the embankment (1 inch to 10 feet). Annotated with Admiralty consent dated 19 November 1862. This is a duplicate of a drawing transmitted to Sir Peter Fleetwood.
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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)
- DL 31/214
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS six-inch County Series
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 127.8 cm x 100.1 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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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 3335
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559249/
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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets Lancashire 38 and [43], joined to show...
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