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Devon and Cornwall. Map, on two sheets, of Plymouth and its environs, as far as Tavistock...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1199
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This record is about the Devon and Cornwall. Map, on two sheets, of Plymouth and its environs, as far as Tavistock... dating from 1784 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 1/1199
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784
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Description (What the record is about)
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Devon and Cornwall. Map, on two sheets, of Plymouth and its environs, as far as Tavistock in the north, Saint Germans in the west and the mouth of the River Erme; showing field boundaries and hachures; areas north of Bere Alston lack hachures and are much less highly coloured. Item (1) covers areas west of Plymouth and item (2) east of Plymouth. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Pencilled additions to item (1), showing a breakwater in Plymouth Sound and the route taken by ships entering and leaving the Hamoaze. Both sheets endorsed with the name of [William] Gardner; [the survey was made by Gardner on the orders of the Duke of Richmond]. Dimensions: (1) 279.5 cm x 145.5 cm; (2) 279.5 cm x 126 cm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Each sheet is on a separate roll
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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 78/385
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 roll(s)
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 2052. Item (1) also described in Elisabeth Stuart Lost landscapes of Plymouth: maps, charts and plans to 1800 (Stroud, Gloucs, 1991) no 179. This map is regarded as a prototype for early Ordnance Survey mapping. For discussion, see: R A Skelton, 'The origins of the Ordnance Survey in Great Britain', The Geographical Journal, CXXVIII(4) (December 1962), 415-426; Ivan Parr, 'Topographical survey and early Ordnance Survey maps at 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/C4560226/
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