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Great Britain. 'Smith's New Map of the Navigable Canals and Rivers of England, Wales...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1372
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This record is about the Great Britain. 'Smith's New Map of the Navigable Canals and Rivers of England, Wales... dating from 1821-1825 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 1/1372
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821-1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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Great Britain. 'Smith's New Map of the Navigable Canals and Rivers of England, Wales and Scotland. Distinctly shewing the length of each Line and the Dates of the Acts of Parliament... for executing the same, Containing also the Direct Roads to the Principal Places with their Distances from London'. Reference table to principal canals, giving their length, and rises and falls; explanatory reference notes. Scale: 1 inch to about 12 miles. Compass star. [?Engraved by J and G Pickett]; printed for C Smith, mapseller and publisher, Strand, 6 January 1821; revised to 1825. 2 insets: (i) 'Continuation of Scotland including the Caledonian Canal etc.'; scale: 1 inch to about 16 miles. (ii) 'Canals etc. in the Environs of Birmingham upon an enlarged 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 78/795
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 105 cm x 82 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, coloured. Damaged at the lower right-hand corner
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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 8
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560399/
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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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Great Britain. 'Smith's New Map of the Navigable Canals and Rivers of England, Wales...
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