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Gloucestershire: Awre. Plan showing the railway station, buildings and track, and...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1557
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This record is about the Gloucestershire: Awre. Plan showing the railway station, buildings and track, and... dating from 1890 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 1/1557
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gloucestershire: Awre. Plan showing the railway station, buildings and track, and the boundary of Great Western Railway property. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. Compass indicator.
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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 1/1663
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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)
- 51.5 cm x 167.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560584/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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