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Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1337
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This record is about the Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England... dating from 1816-c.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 1/1337
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816-c.1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales joined: III, IV, V and VI, together covering the area between Crystal Palace (now in the London Borough of Bromley), Broadstairs and Dungeness(Kent), and Rottingdean (Sussex). Piano-key border. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Information concerning engraving, dates, etc is not now visible; [?engraved by Benjamin Baker and assistants; writing by Ebenezer Bourne; published at the Tower of London under the superintendence of Colonel Mudge, 1816-1819; revised, with railways and martello towers added, to c1854-1859]. Coloured MS additions show War Office property in the Royal Engineers' district of Dover. The additions were made to form an index plan to a property statement (Book 130); the statement is not filed on this 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 78/628
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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)
- 124.5 cm x 181 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)
- Engraved, MS additions
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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 1117. 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/C4560364/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England...
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