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(1) 'Outline Map of Great Britain, shewing the Ordnance Stations': map relating to...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/272
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- MPHH 1/272
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1810]-1816
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(1) 'Outline Map of Great Britain, shewing the Ordnance Stations': map relating to the Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 30 miles. Copied by T Fisher, 1814, from an original of 1810. (2) and (5) Similar map to (1), in 2 parts. Reference tables. Scale: 15 miles to an inch. Compass indicators. Dated, [1810]. (3)-(4) Similar maps to (1); by Thomas Beer, Royal Military Surveyor, February 1816. (6) Similar maps to (1); compiled by order of Lieutenant General Mann. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 16 miles. Compass indicators. Original plan drawn by R Searle, 1st class Royal Military Surveyor & Draughtsman, June 1816. Signed George Pink, Chief Royal Military Surveyor. Part of top right corner missing. (7) Rough outline map, unfinished and undated, [1810-1816]. Dimensions: (1) 73.4 cm x 53.3 cm; (2) 34.5 cm x 65.3 cm; (3)-(4) 73.4 cm x 41.1 cm; (5) 79.5 cm x 64.5 cm; (6) 100.1 cm x 64.5 cm; (7) 122.4 cm x 64.3 cm.
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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 78/1866
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 7
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561376/
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