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'Laurie's Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, Trigonometrically Surveyed by...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/225
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This record is about the 'Laurie's Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, Trigonometrically Surveyed by... dating from 1848-1849 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 1/225
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Laurie's Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, Trigonometrically Surveyed by John Outhett 1848'. Scale: 4 inches to 1 mile. Based on the St Pauls Meridian and Parallel. Also shows the Greenwich Meridian and along the top border minutes of time westwards from it. Published by Richard Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street. MS additions show key areas and properties ringed in red. Endorsed: 'Sir J. Burgoyne with reference to proposed defences', 1849.
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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 78/1731
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66.8 cm x 109 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:15840
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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 66 James Howgego, Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850 (2nd edition, 1978), no 361 (8).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561329/
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Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from records of the War Office
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