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Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series sheet XI: map showing part of Hampshire. Engraved...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/300
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series sheet XI: map showing part of Hampshire. Engraved... dating from 1810-1859 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 1/300
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series sheet XI: map showing part of Hampshire. Engraved by Benjamin Baker and assistants at the Drawing Room at the Tower, under the direction of [William] Mudge, Lt Col RA. Writing engraved by Ebenezer Bourne. Published 10 April 1810 by Lt Col Mudge, Tower. Coloured MS additions show proposed fortifications for the defence of Portsmouth; zone of the Armstrong range from the centre of the Dockyard. In the upper border is a MS section of the defences. MS reference table and table of armaments. Signed by M A Shafto Adair, Col, ADC to the Queen, 9 November 1859.
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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 78/1323
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS one-inch Old Series England and Wales
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 68.1 cm x 91.4 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 1492
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562107/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series sheet XI: map showing part of Hampshire. Engraved...
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