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8 Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales sheets of south west England....
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/133
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This record is about the 8 Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales sheets of south west England.... dating from 1809-1813 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPHH 1/133
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809-1813
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Description (What the record is about)
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8 Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales sheets of south west England. (1) Sheet XXIV. Map of parts of the south coast of Devon and Cornwall: from Looe Bay to Prawle Point, including Plymouth. (2) and (8) Sheet XVI (2 copies). Map of parts of the south coast of Dorset and Hampshire: from Worbarrow Bay to Christ Church Bay. (3) Sheet XXXI. Map of part of the Cornish coast: from Helford River to Polperrow in the south and Portreath to Ligger Point in the north. (4) and (5) Sheet XXII (2 copies). Map of parts of the south coast of Devon and Cornwall: from Paignton to Lyme Regis, including Exeter. (6) Sheet XXV. Map of parts of Devon and Cornwall: from Liskeard to Moreton Hampstead, including Dartmoor. (7) Sheet XXX. Map of part of the north Cornwall coast: from Holywell Bay to Fire Beacon Point. All engraved by Benjamin Baker & Associates; with writing by Ebenezer Bourne. All published by Lieutenant-Colonel Mudge at the Tower: (1), (4), (5) and (6) 11 October 1809; (2) and (8) 10 April 1810; (3) and (7) 5 January 1813 [actually 1816 before published for sale to the public]. For engraved proof maps of Devon see MPHH 1/313. For published sheets of north Devon see MPZ 1/37
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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)
- WO 78/1541
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS one-inch Old Series England and Wales
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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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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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 1993
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561237/
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