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Gloucestershire: Forest of Dean. 'Th[e Wes]t Pa[rt]of t[he P]l[otte] of the Forrest...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/879
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This record is about the Gloucestershire: Forest of Dean. 'Th[e Wes]t Pa[rt]of t[he P]l[otte] of the Forrest... dating from 1608 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 1/879
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Date (When the record was created)
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1608
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gloucestershire: Forest of Dean. 'Th[e Wes]t Pa[rt]of t[he P]l[otte] of the Forrest of D[e]ane [in] the C[ountie] of G[loucester] Taken A[nn]o Dni [16]08 Anno regni [regi]s Jacobi Sexto'. Map of the area between the rivers Wye and [?Severn], showing waterways, woodlands, fields (some occupiers and acreages), roads, mines, bailiwicks and buildings. Title in fretwork cartouche. Royal coat of arms, below which appears in pencil: 'Beati Pacifici'. Compass rose, with cross: assuming the cross points east, the map would be oriented to the east, but this appears not to correspond to the relative positions of named rivers. Scale bar in fretwork cartouche and surmounted by dividers and motto: 'Per artem et multos labores perfectus sum'. Almost certainly drawn by Richard Bankes. Originally sheets of varying sizes, joined to form a single map. Red and black pencilled grid lines.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Bankes's map of Sherwood Forest, see MR 1/1142
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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)
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F 17/1
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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215 cm x 405 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:3960
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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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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 2142
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559906/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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