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Channel Islands. Map: 'An Accurate Survey And Measurement Of the Island of Jersey,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1172
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This record is about the Channel Islands. Map: 'An Accurate Survey And Measurement Of the Island of Jersey,... dating from [?1795] 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 1/1172
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1795]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Channel Islands. Map: 'An Accurate Survey And Measurement Of the Island of Jersey, Surveyed by Order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond & c. Master General of the Ordnance...': MS fair copy sheet of the Topographical Survey of Jersey; showing spot heights, hachures, coastal features, fields, roads, woodlands, place names. Scale: 7 inches to 2,100 yards. Compass star. Surveyed by 'Surveying Draftsmen': William Gardner, Chief; Thomas Cubitt, Henry Lauzan, George Pink, Thomas Yeakell and Thomas Gream. Bears Board of Ordnance stamps. Endorsed: '(Original Survey)' and 'W. Gardner 1795'.
For the initial rough sketch maps of the topographical survey see MPHH 1/21; an engraved version with MS colouring and text see MPHH 1/41; the final engraved maps see WO 78/5549. MPH 1/344, MPH 1/462, MPHH 1/235 and MPHH 1/254 are four sets of engraved map proofs, at various stages of the engraving process.
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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 78/332
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 131.6 cm x 198.6 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10800
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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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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 2410. Alsodiscussed in: Ivan Parr, 'Topographical survey and early Ordnance Survey mapsat The National Archives: Public Record Office', Sheetlines, no 68 (December 2003), 35-43
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560199/
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