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Hampshire. (2) 'A Plan of Portsmouth Harbour and Spit-Head with y e Soundings, shewing...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/29
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This record is about the Hampshire. (2) 'A Plan of Portsmouth Harbour and Spit-Head with y e Soundings, shewing... dating from 1716 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPHH 1/29
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1716
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Hampshire. (2) 'A Plan of Portsmouth Harbour and Spit-Head with y e Soundings, shewing the Places Fortified, and Land Purchased for better Security of the Dock; laid down by Talbot Edwards, Second Engineer of England 1716': showing Portsmouth and Gosport, fortifications, Port Caesar (Portchester) Castle and the harbour with soundings and sailing ships. Title in decorative cartouche. Reference table. Approximate scale: 8.4 inches to 1 mile [1:7,543]. Compass indicator. Surveyed by Talbot Edwards, drawn by C Lempriere, 1716. (1) Similar version of (2); endorsed: 'Copy'. For later similar versions of (1) see MPHH 1/140 and MPH 1/343
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- X 46/13
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1431
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- Public Record(s)
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- 52.6 cm x 101.3 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 1747. D Hodson, Portsmouth Record Series Maps of Portsmouth Before 1801 (Portsmouth,1978), entry 21a and 21b
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561133/
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