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Devon and Cornwall. 'An Actual Survey and Measurement of Plymouth and Dock Towns...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1385
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This record is about the Devon and Cornwall. 'An Actual Survey and Measurement of Plymouth and Dock Towns... dating from 1784 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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- MR 1/1385
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784
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Description (What the record is about)
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Devon and Cornwall. 'An Actual Survey and Measurement of Plymouth and Dock Towns with their Fortifications and the Adjacent Country Survey'd by Order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond etc Master General of the Ordnance Under the Direction of Colonel Dixon Chief Engineer': map of the area between Saltash, Mount Batten Point and Rame Head; also showing field boundaries, hachures, and major buildings. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Compass indicator. Surveyed by William Gardner, 1784.
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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 78/857
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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)
- 107.5 cm x 83.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, 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 2051. Also described in Elisabeth Stuart Lost landscapes of Plymouth: maps, charts and plans to 1800 (Stroud, Gloucs, 1991) no 180. Gardner's six-inch scale maps of Plymouth are regarded as prototypes for early Ordnance Survey mapping. For discussion, see: R A Skelton, 'The origins of the Ordnance Survey in Great Britain', The Geographical Journal, CXXVIII(4) (December 1962), 415-426; 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/C4560412/
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