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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. 'West of Dorking';...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/628
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This record is about the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. 'West of Dorking';... dating from 1861-1867 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 1/628
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. 'West of Dorking'; 'Contoured Survey...': map series showing roads, waterways, railways, buildings, place names, woodland, fields and contours. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Surveyed by detachments of Royal Engineers, variously under the superintendence of Lieutenant Sanford and Captains Festing, Crossman and Steward, Royal Engineers; under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel William F Drummond Jervois, Royal Engineers, Deputy Director of Works (Fortifications), 1860-1867. Zincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1861-1867. MS colouring of features. All sheets were 'Compiled partly from Tithe Maps corrected to date on the ground, but not strictly accurate'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 700
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/4495
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561732/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MPHH
Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from records of the War Office
2,003 records
Within the series: MPHH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various...
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