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Warwickshire: 'A Plan of the City of Coventry, Surveyed in MDCCXLVIII & IX by Samuel...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/361
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This record is about the Warwickshire: 'A Plan of the City of Coventry, Surveyed in MDCCXLVIII & IX by Samuel... dating from 1750 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 1/361
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1750
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Description (What the record is about)
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Warwickshire: 'A Plan of the City of Coventry, Surveyed in MDCCXLVIII & IX by Samuel Bradford ...'. Shows streets, buildings, gardens, city gates (named) and ruined city wall, fields, open spaces, waterway, wells etc. Inset view of the [Eleanor] Cross and notes on the history of Coventry. Key to boundaries of wards and parishes. Scale: 1 inch to 3 chains. Compass rose. Title, scale and dedication in rococo cartouches. Decorative border. Dedicated to the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council of Coventry. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the Prince of Wales, St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London, and published by him according to Act of Parliament, 29 March 1750.
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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 78/1453
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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)
- 61.7 cm x 84.3 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2376
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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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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 3068
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562168/
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MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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