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Middlesex (now in London Borough of Tower Hamlets). Four plans of named areas 'with...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/248
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This record is about the Middlesex (now in London Borough of Tower Hamlets). Four plans of named areas 'with... dating from 1635 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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- MR 1/248
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1635
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Middlesex (now in London Borough of Tower Hamlets). Four plans of named areas 'with their several housings and wharfes', and showing names of proprietors. (1) Limehouse, from the north part of the street down to the River Thames, with houses and wharves on the south side. (2) Shadwell looking south to the River Thames. (3) Ratcliff, from the north side of the street down to the River Thames, showing houses on the south side. (4) Wapping Wall from the north side of the street down to the River Thames, showing houses and wharves on the south side. Each with a scale bar surmounted by dividers; 1 inch to 30 feet. Each with title in a fretwork cartouche; and with a large compass rose. By John Marr and John Goodwin, April 1635. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 42.2 cm x 108.2 cm; (2) 82.5 cm x 102.1 cm; (3) 41.9 cm x 191.3 cm; (4) 56.9 cm x 80 cm. Produced to illustrate the cause Attorney General v Moore, concerning encroachments on the bank of the River Thames. Filed with commission and return.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 178/5498
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 273
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