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2 items extracted from WO 55/2310 Kent: 'Plan of the Gun Powder Manufactory at Faversham....
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/857
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from WO 55/2310 Kent: 'Plan of the Gun Powder Manufactory at Faversham.... dating from 1806 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 1/857
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from WO 55/2310 Kent: 'Plan of the Gun Powder Manufactory at Faversham. 1806'. Shows buildings, roads; lands with names of occupiers, description, acreage and rent. Two sheets. Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains. Reference table to buildings. Compass rose. Initialled by T W [?Thomas Weaver], Clerk of Works. Each sheet signed by F W Mulcaster, Capt RE, 11 August 1806.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 64 cm x 95 cm
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- 1:1584
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the War Office
3,799 records
Within the series: MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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2 items extracted from WO 55/2310 Kent: 'Plan of the Gun Powder Manufactory at Faversham....
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