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'The Counties of Middlesex, Essex & Hertfordshire Actualy Survey'd by Several Hands...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/335
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This record is about the 'The Counties of Middlesex, Essex & Hertfordshire Actualy Survey'd by Several Hands... dating from 1726 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 1/335
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1726
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Description (What the record is about)
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'The Counties of Middlesex, Essex & Hertfordshire Actualy Survey'd by Several Hands Corrected and Amended & Humbly Dedicated to the Nobility and Gentry of the said Counties by Phil: Overton Mapseller in Fleet Street and Tho: Bowles, Mapseller in S t. Paul's Churchyard 1726'. Map showing hills, rivers, roads, county and hundred boundaries (coloured), churches, mills, estates, place names, distances between towns. Note on depiction of roads, boundaries, distances etc. Key to conventional signs. Compass rose. Latitudes and longitudes shown; the map also bears a grid of squares each representing 3 square miles. Scale: 8.375 inches to 20 miles. Title in cartouche surmounted by the royal arms. Insets: north prospect of Colchester (with key to buildings); plan of St Albans dedicated to Thomas Gape.
The piece which formerly bore map reference MPH 335 (previously WO 78/1403) was transferred to MPHH 1/103 -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1430
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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)
- 62.2 cm x 97.5 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 936
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562142/
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MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Within the series: MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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