Item
See MR 1/1771/12-14
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1771/12
See MR 1/1771/12-14
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'Ordnance Plan of Part of Shoeburyness in the County of Essex': map comprising four...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1315
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This record is about the 'Ordnance Plan of Part of Shoeburyness in the County of Essex': map comprising four... dating from 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 1/1315
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Ordnance Plan of Part of Shoeburyness in the County of Essex': map comprising four joined sheets, showing acreages. Reference table to the conversion of decimal parts of acres into rods and perches. Surveyed and lithographed under the direction of Captain A de C Scott, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton; published in April 1859. MS additional reference table to the acreage and use of numbered land lots. Unexplained pencilled additions in the area surrounding the Royal Artillery barracks. A pencilled note gives the approximately equivalent scale of 1 inch to 100 feet.
This is the earliest known Ordnance Survey map produced at the 1:1,250 scale.
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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 78/502
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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 1:1250 Shoeburyness
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 121.5 cm x 202.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1250
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, 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 1053
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560342/
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