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Kent. (1) 'Plan of the River Medway with the Fortifications ...': showing area from...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/60
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This record is about the Kent. (1) 'Plan of the River Medway with the Fortifications ...': showing area from... dating from [? mid 18th century-? late 18th century] 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 1/60
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? mid 18th century-? late 18th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent. (1) 'Plan of the River Medway with the Fortifications ...': showing area from Sheerness to Rochester with the adjacent fortifications. Scale: 3.17 inches to 1 mile [1:20,000]. Compass roses. Copy signed by Thomas Chamberlain [?mid 18th century-?late 18th century]. (2)-(4) Similar versions to (1); (2) and (4) embellished with drawings of ships; unsigned, possibly of earlier date. All endorsed: 'Col. Lilly' [?Colonel Christian Lilly, Colonel in 1705, died 1738]; although these plans are thought to post date this. The plans appear to be based upon the plan now MPHH 1/76/2; which is itself based upon a survey by Greenville Collins of 1688 (see MPHH 1/25).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier version of this plan see MPHH 1/76/2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- X 53/5
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1240
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 53.3 cm x 106.7 cm
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- 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 1220
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561164/
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