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2 maps. (2) 'London and its Environs': detailed, printed map of the area between...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1266
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This record is about the 2 maps. (2) 'London and its Environs': detailed, printed map of the area between... dating from [c.1850]-1859 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 1/1266
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1850]-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 maps. (2) 'London and its Environs': detailed, printed map of the area between Wembley Park in Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Brent), Whipps Cross in Essex (now in the London Borough of Waltham Forest), Hither Green in Kent (now in the London Borough of Lewisham) and Kingston Bottom (now Kingston Vale) in Surrey (now in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames); showing roads and streets, main buildings, open spaces, named villages and urban areas, and railways. Reference table listing parishes. Decorative border. Scale: 3.72 inches to about 1 mile. Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East, [c1850]. Coloured MS additions mark 10-foot contours. Endorsed with the date of 1859. (1) MS, coloured, map, on tracing cloth, showing the same area as item (2) and additional areas as far east as Woolwich, Kent (now in the London Borough of Greenwich), showing the outline of the River Thames, railway lines and stations, and 10-foot contours. Scale: 3.72 inches to 1 mile. Dimensions: (1) 107 cm x 161 cm; (2) 106 cm x 126.5 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 78/500
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- 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)
- 1:17032
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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 67
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560293/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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