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Essex: Hainault Forest. Map of the King's Forest or King's Wood in the parishes of...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1551
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This record is about the Essex: Hainault Forest. Map of the King's Forest or King's Wood in the parishes of... dating from 1851-1860 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 1/1551
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Essex: Hainault Forest. Map of the King's Forest or King's Wood in the parishes of Barking and Dagenham (now in the London Borough of Barking) showing waste lands within the Forest. Enclosures, acreage, field names and roads are also shown. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 9 chains. Compass indicator. Signed by Thomas Thurston under the Act for Disafforesting the Forest of Hainault, 1851 (14-15 Victoria c.43). Lithographed by Standidge and Co. MS additions of 1860 show Crown property, land leased and common lands. Annotated as accompanying a report of April 1860 from Mr Gore to the Treasury.
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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)
- LRRO 1/1631
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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)
- 95.5 cm x 109 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:7128
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560578/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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