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Geometrical Plan of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, reduced from an actual Survey...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/415
What’s it about?
This record is about the Geometrical Plan of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, reduced from an actual Survey... dating from 1787.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Gloucestershire Archives. How to view it.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/415
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787
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Description (What the record is about)
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Geometrical Plan of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, reduced from an actual Survey of one Furlong to an inch referred to in the Third Report of the Commissioners of Land Revenue. Scale: 1 inch to 0.25 mile. Surveyed by Abraham and William Driver. Inset: land called Hudnalls. Compass indicators. Explanation and reference table giving acreage. Noted as copied from the original in the House of Commons by Robert Gray.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This is a copy of the first map in F 17/5
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Gloucestershire Archives
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- F 16/47
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 120 cm x 122.5 cm
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- This piece was transferred with its parent series (F 16) from the Public Record Office to Gloucestershire Record Office on 17 January 2002
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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 2151
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559442/
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