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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets; published by Ordnance Survey Office,...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/259
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets; published by Ordnance Survey Office,... dating from 1869-1895 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 1/259
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets; published by Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. (1) Surrey sheet XXIII. Surveyed 1870-1872; engraved 1872; published 15 January 1873. (2) Surrey sheet XXIV. Surveyed 1870-1872; engraved 1872; published 30 June 1873. (3) Surrey sheet XXV. Surveyed 1869-1872; engraved 1872; published 30 November 1873. (4) Surrey sheet XXVI. Surveyed 1869-1871; engraved 1873; published 30 May 1874. (5) Surrey sheet XLI; Sussex III and IV. Surveyed 1870-1875; engraved and published 1874-1879; zincographed 1895. (6) Surrey sheet XIII. Surveyed 1866-1870; engraved 1870; published 31 July 1871. (7) Surrey sheet XIV and XIV A; Kent VII and XV. Surveyed 1863-1868; engraved and published 1870-1872; zincographed 1893. (8) Surrey sheet XV; Berkshire XLVI, XLVII, XLIX and L; Hampshire VI, XII and XIII. Surveyed 1871-1872; engraved and published 1872-1876; zincographed 1888. (9) Surrey sheet XVIII. Surveyed 1867-1871; engraved 1871; published 31 October 1871. (10) Surrey sheet II; Middlesex XVI, XVII, XXI and XXII. Surveyed 1865-1873; engraved and published 1873-1882; zincographed 1895. (11) Surrey sheet III; Middlesex XVII, XVIII, XXII and XXIII; Kent I; Essex LXXIII. Surveyed 1863-1873; engraved and published 1872-1882; zincographed 1892. (12) Surrey sheet VIII; Kent I and VII. Surveyed 1863-1870; engraved and published 1870-1874; zincographed 1893. (13) Surrey sheet XII; Middlesex XXV. Surveyed 1864-1868; engraved and published 1869-1871; zincographed 1894. (14) Part of a sheet only showing a border and scale bar for a 1:1056 town plan.
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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 78/1815
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS six-inch County Series
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 68.6 cm x 102.2 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561363/
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Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series sheets; published by Ordnance Survey Office,...
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