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Seven sheets of maps and reports relative to lands to be purchased for the defences...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/371
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This record is about the Seven sheets of maps and reports relative to lands to be purchased for the defences... dating from 1759 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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- MPH 1/371
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759
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Description (What the record is about)
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Seven sheets of maps and reports relative to lands to be purchased for the defences of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. (1) Report by Captains Charles Hubert Heriott and T Walker on lands to be purchased at Pater Church Point: acreage, land use, comparison of statute and customary measures. Identifies points lettered on (2). (2) 'Survey of the Lands propos'd to be purchased for His Majesty's Service at Pater-Church-Point in the County of Pembroke for Fortifying the Interior part of Milford Haven according to Colo l Skinner's Design by Capt s Harriot & Walker Engineers July 31 st 1759'. Title on a scroll held from above by human figures, one winged, the other helmeted. MS, coloured. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Compass indicator. Dimensions: 56 cm x 71 cm. (3) Report by Heriott and Walker on lands to be purchased at West Lanyon Point: acreage, land use, comparison of statute and customary measures. Identifies points lettered on (4). (4) 'Survey of the Lands proposed to be purchased for His Majesty's Service at West Lanyon-Point in the County of Pembroke for Fortifying the Interior part of Milford Haven according to Colo l Skinner's Design by Capt s Harriot & Walker Engineers July 31 st 1759'. Title in oval decorated cartouche. MS, coloured. With reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Field names and acreage added in pencil. (5) Copy of (4). (6) Copy of (1) and (3) on a single sheet. (7) Copy of (2).
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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 78/1473
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1200
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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 4163
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562178/
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MPH 1
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