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(1-19) Nineteen small sheets of maps of the Isle of Wight (including areas around...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/776
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This record is about the (1-19) Nineteen small sheets of maps of the Isle of Wight (including areas around... dating from 1791 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 1/776
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1-19) Nineteen small sheets of maps of the Isle of Wight (including areas around Brading, Godshill, Osborne). Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile. The sheets show various methods of depicting relief, mathematical calculations, doodles, notes, and evidence of the draughtsman's having wiped his pen on the paper before or after working: all point to the conclusion that these are probably Dawson's original field drawings in preparation for what became the Ordnance Survey map of the Isle of Wight. They may be the work of Thomas Yeakell: compare MPH 1/773. Dimensions of sheets: between 33.8 cm x 56 cm and 29.2 cm x 5 cm. (20) Wrapper inscribed, 'Contents of the Plan viz t Acres 12219.2', and signed by F G Mulcaster, 1 October 1791.
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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 78/4393
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 flat sheet(s)
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:21120
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562583/
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