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Sussex: Rye. Four sheets of plans, elevations and sections of a proposed new harbour...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/912
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This record is about the Sussex: Rye. Four sheets of plans, elevations and sections of a proposed new harbour... dating from 1756 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 1/912
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1756
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sussex: Rye. Four sheets of plans, elevations and sections of a proposed new harbour showing: (1) wharfing at the harbour entrance; (2) foundations of the eastern pier; (3) a sluice and gates; (4) general plan of the whole harbour area, with soundings. Reference table to item (4). Scale: (1, 3) 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]; (2) 1 inch to about 3 feet [1:36]; (4) 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200]. Compass indicators to item (4). [All items] surveyed by Captain Justly Watson, Director of Engineers, October-November 1756. Dimensions: (1) 35.5 cm x 49.5 cm; (2) 41 cm x 63 cm; (3) 52.5 cm x 75 cm; (4) 50 cm x 170 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 78/1545
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 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), entry 1922
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559939/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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