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Kent: Isle of Sheppey: Sheerness. Two copies of a map showing a proposed exchange...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1338
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This record is about the Kent: Isle of Sheppey: Sheerness. Two copies of a map showing a proposed exchange... dating from 1813-1828 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 1/1338
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1813-1828
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent: Isle of Sheppey: Sheerness. Two copies of a map showing a proposed exchange of buildings between the Ordnance and the Navy. Reference tables to both items. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Compass indicator to each item. Item (2) [the original map] amended and corrected to September 1816 from information supplied by Colonel Pilkington. Item (1) [copied from item (2); dated 17 September 1813; amended and corrected to June 1828 from information suppplied by Captain Thompson. Further, pencilled, amendments to item (2). Two small overlays, showing additional buildings, are affixed to the face of item (1). Dimensions: (1) 112 cm x 122 cm; (2) 108.5 cm x 113 cm. Notes on both sheets refer to a report dated 13 September 1813 and correspondence of 1813-1828 from Colonel Pilkington, Lieutenant General Mann, Captain Thompson and others; neither the report nor the letters are filed on the roll.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/684
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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)
- 1:1200
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560365/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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