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Kent: Lewisham (now in London Borough of Lewisham). Plans for a Small Arm Manufactory....
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/193
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This record is about the Kent: Lewisham (now in London Borough of Lewisham). Plans for a Small Arm Manufactory.... dating from [1807] 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 1/193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1807]
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Kent: Lewisham (now in London Borough of Lewisham). Plans for a Small Arm Manufactory. (1) 'N o 5': elevation and sections of the mill. Copy by John Bartley, 30 April 1807. (2) 'N o 3 Plan and Elevation of twelve Cottages for the Armoury Mills...'. Copy by Henry McLauchlan, 1 May 1807. (3) 'N o 4 Elevation of the larger Armoury Mill ...'. Copy by R Drew. (4) 'N o 1 General Plan of the Propos'd Armoury Mills...'. By Charles Bassett. Overlay: Additional buildings. (5) 'N o 2 General Plan of the proposed Armoury Mills ...'. Reference table. Initialled G D B [Burr]. (6) [?Original for (5)]; unsigned. Endorsed: 'Plan A of the Ground and proposed Buildings at Lewisham'. Scales: (1) (5) and (6) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (2) and (3) Approximately 1 inch to 6 feet 8 inches [1:80]; (4) Approximately 1 inch to 24 feet [1:288]. Dimensions: (1) 19.3 cm x 55.9 cm; (2) 36.3 cm x 53.3 cm; (3) 36.3 cm x 52.8 cm; (4) 37.1 cm x 52.8 cm; (5) 68.8 cm x 113.8 cm; (6) 72.4 cm x 117.6 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1636
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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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 172
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561297/
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