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Essex: Harwich. Two plans showing Ordnance land and buildings, including houses occupied...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/555
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This record is about the Essex: Harwich. Two plans showing Ordnance land and buildings, including houses occupied... dating from 1815-1829 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 1/555
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815-1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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Essex: Harwich. Two plans showing Ordnance land and buildings, including houses occupied by officers, and houses and lands let to individuals, with details of the rents charged. Both items to scale: 3 inches to 400 feet. Compass indicator to item (2). (1) Copied from a plan sent by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Bryce to Mr Crew, 24 December 1813; this copy by T Beer and J Nightingale, respectively Second and Third Class Royal Military Surveyors and Draughtsmen, May 1815. (2) Signed: Lieutenant H O Crawley, Royal Engineers, 8 May 1829; and Lieutenant Colonel [E] Fanshawe, Royal Engineers, 9 May 1829. Dimensions: (1) 61 cm x 96.5 cm; (2) 76.5 cm x 127.5 cm.
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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 78/1270
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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)
- 1:1600
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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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), entries 1018 and 1022
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559582/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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