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Ordnance Survey 1:2500 County Series Somerset sheet LXXI.2 showing Avonmouth with...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1558
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 County Series Somerset sheet LXXI.2 showing Avonmouth with... dating from 1890-1902 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 1/1558
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey 1:2500 County Series Somerset sheet LXXI.2 showing Avonmouth with coloured, MS additions of 1902 showing new works made under the Bristol Corporation Docks and Railways Act (2 Edward VII c.cxlii), including the entrance channel, piers, the sea wall, new docks and the foreshore.
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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 1/1664
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS County Series Somerset
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 106.5 cm x 105 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Zincographed
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560585/
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MR 1
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