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London: six copies of a survey of Westminster, Chelsea and Kensington, originally...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/258
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This record is about the London: six copies of a survey of Westminster, Chelsea and Kensington, originally... dating from 1862 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MPH 1/258
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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London: six copies of a survey of Westminster, Chelsea and Kensington, originally made by J P Desmaretz in 1717. Endorsed: 'Art and Science Department 10 December 1862'. These copies are not at the same scale as the original: the Board of Ordnance stamp is at a reduction of approximately 5 to 9. On this basis, the scale of the copy is about 1 inch to 170 yards and that of the original about 1 inch to 300 yards.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The sixth copy appears to have been added when the maps were re-repaired in 1988.
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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 78/1231
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 46.7 cm x 55.6 cm
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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 341
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562065/
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