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Essex and Suffolk. 3 items. (1, 3) Two maps of the coast between Saint Osyth's Point...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/936
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This record is about the Essex and Suffolk. 3 items. (1, 3) Two maps of the coast between Saint Osyth's Point... dating from 1806-1836 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 1/936
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806-1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Essex and Suffolk. 3 items. (1, 3) Two maps of the coast between Saint Osyth's Point and Aldeburgh: (1) 'Plan shewing the Position of the Martello Towers, Batteries, & c. in the Eastern District. From No.1, to No.27'; (3) 'No.2. Copy of a Plan which accompanied Major Bryce's Report ...': showing roads, place names, shoals, soundings, and (marked with letters) the sites for martello towers proposed by committees in January 1806 and April 1808; damaged at the right-hand edge. (2) Reference table to the lettered and numbered points shown on (1) and (3); dated 6 May 1808. Scale: (1) 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63,360]; (3) 2 inches to 1 mile [1:31,680]. Item (1) by W J Kaye, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman, August 1816. Item (3) by A H Chamberlain and G D Burr, 1808. Pencilled additions to item (1) marking each numbered tower with the same letter given to it on item (3); pencilled note on buildings sold in March 1835. Pencilled corrections to item (3), dated 29 November 1836. Dimensions: (1) 66.5 cm x 99 cm; (2) 32 cm x 20 cm; (3) 67.5 cm x 194.5 cm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the plan formerly accompanying Major Bryce's report, datedOctober 1805, see MR 1/1393
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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 78/1748
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 948-949
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559963/
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