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Hampshire: Hilsea. 'Plan of Lands &c at Hilsea: purchased by the Hon ble Board of...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/449
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This record is about the Hampshire: Hilsea. 'Plan of Lands &c at Hilsea: purchased by the Hon ble Board of... dating from 1815-1860 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 1/449
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hampshire: Hilsea. 'Plan of Lands &c at Hilsea: purchased by the Hon ble Board of Ordnance' (endorsement): map of area between Portsmouth harbour and Langstone harbour, showing lands acquired under Acts of Parliament 8 Anne c 21 (sic); 31 Geo II c 39; and 54 Geo III c 43; landowners' names. Plots are numbered, but there is no key. Scale: 1 inch to 100 yards. Compass indicator. Drawn to accompany Major Hassard's letter of 14 January 1815 to Lt Gen Mann. Copied by T Beer, 2nd class RMSD, February 1815. Annotated in 1848 and 1860 with information about Acts of parliament and decrees affecting the ownership of the land.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- X 60/12
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1584
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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)
- 66 cm x 99.6 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3600
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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 1551
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562256/
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MPH 1
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