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6 items extracted from WO 78/1648. Hampshire: Isle of Wight. (1-2, 4-6) 5 fragments...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/489
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This record is about the 6 items extracted from WO 78/1648. Hampshire: Isle of Wight. (1-2, 4-6) 5 fragments... dating from 1791-1793 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 1/489
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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6 items extracted from WO 78/1648. Hampshire: Isle of Wight. (1-2, 4-6) 5 fragments of 'foul plans' made as part of the Topographical Survey, showing trigonometric lines, covering the areas around: (1) East Cowes, Whippingham, Wootton and Staplers; (2) Kingston and Chale; (3); (4) Carisbrooke, Gatcombe, Shorwell and Calbourn, with part of Parkhurst Forest; (5) Newtown, Calbourn, Mottistone and Ningwood; (6) Wootton, Nettlestone, Bembridge, Brading and Sandown. (3) Fragment of a Topographical Survey field drawing of the area around Knighton and Redway farms, [west of Alverstone]. [Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile]. Item (1) signed: [Lieutenant Colonel] Frederick George Mulcaster, [Royal Engineers]. Item (1) dated 1793; item (6) dated 1791. Item (1) endorsed: '[Robert] Dawson's foul plan of the country about Newport'; item (3) endorsed: 'W Gardner's Plan of the Isle of Wight ...'.
Five similar sheets, numbered in a separate sequence from these 6, reverted to WO 78/1648 in August 1982.
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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)
- WO 78/1648
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured. Irregular; perished at the edges
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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 1823. Also discussed in: Ivan Parr, 'Topographical survey and early Ordnance Survey maps at The National Archives: Public Record Office', Sheetlines, no 68 (December 2003), 35-43
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559516/
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