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South-East England. 6 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1308
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This record is about the South-East England. 6 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and... dating from 1816-1855 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 1/1308
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816-1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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South-East England. 6 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales joined: sheets [VI, VIII] and parts of sheets [I, II, III] and VII; the combined map covering the area between Hambleden (Buckinghamshire), Foulness Sands (Essex), Stanford (Kent) and Woolmer Forest (Hampshire). Piano-key border. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Sheets VI and VIII engraved by Benjamin Baker and assistants; the writing by Ebenezer Bourne. Published under the superintendence of Colonel Mudge, Tower of London: sheet VIII on 1 May 1816 and sheets III and VI on 1 January 1819; [?revised after c1840]. Other details of survey and publication are not visible, due to the trimming and joining of the sheets. Coloured MS additions highlight major rivers, and show [naval and military establishments] at Aldershot and Ash, Chatham and Upnor, Gravesend, and Tilbury. Endorsed in MS: 'Kent and Surrey from Canterbury to Aldershot 1855'.
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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 78/511
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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 designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS one-inch Old Series England and Wales
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 94.5 cm x 228 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Electrotype print
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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 1115. Also discussed in: 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/C4560335/
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