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'A Plan of the Coast of Sussex from Rye to Chichester': six copies of a map showing...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/915
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/915
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1736]-1771
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Plan of the Coast of Sussex from Rye to Chichester': six copies of a map showing towns and villages, windmills and churches; items (1-2) and (4) also show soundings; items (3) and (5-6) also show field boundaries. Scale: 2 inches to about 3 miles. Compass indicator to items (3, 5-6). (1) [Copied by William Booth, June 1764]; (2) [?]the original map, [made c1736]; (3) [made c1765]; (4) copied by Charles Holloway, 8 June 1771; (5) copied by F Gould [c1770]; (6) [copied c1770]. 7 insets to each of items (3, 5-6): plans of: Arundel Haven and Littlehampton, Newhaven, Seaford town and east fort, and Hastings town and east and west forts. Scale: 1 inch to 2,000 feet [1:24,000] (Newhaven); 1 inch to 1,000 feet [1:12,000] (Arundel Haven and Seaford town); 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480] (Hastings town); 1 inch to 30 feet [1:360] (forts). Damage to items (1-2). Dimensions (1) 48 cm x 155.5 cm; (2) 40.5 cm x 152.5 cm; (3) 45 cm x 152.5 cm; (4) 45.5 cm x 155.5 cm; (5) 46 cm x 150.5 cm; (6) 45 cm x 152 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 78/1560
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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)
- 1:95040
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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), entry 1865
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559942/
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