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Plan and section of the portion of the proposed railway from Liverpool to Birmingham,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/223
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This record is about the Plan and section of the portion of the proposed railway from Liverpool to Birmingham,... dating from [1830] 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 1/223
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1830]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plan and section of the portion of the proposed railway from Liverpool to Birmingham, between Liverpool in Lancashire and Chorlton in Wybunbury, Cheshire. Scales: plan 2 inches to 1 mile; section 1 inch to 240 feet. Compass star. Inset enlarged plan of the line in Liverpool. Surveyed and engraved by Joseph Locke, civil engineer, under the direction of George Stephenson.
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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 31/219
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66 cm x 199.4 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 3275
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559250/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Plan and section of the portion of the proposed railway from Liverpool to Birmingham,...
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