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Ravenser Odd
Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.
Series
Duchy of Lancaster: Maps and Plans
Catalogue reference: DL 31
What's it about?
DL 31
This series originally contained maps and plans created or accumulated by the Duchy of Lancaster, relating to estates in England. Some had been transferred or extracted to this series from records in DL 3 and DL 4: these were made principally in...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DL 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster: Maps and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1485-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series originally contained maps and plans created or accumulated by the Duchy of Lancaster, relating to estates in England. Some had been transferred or extracted to this series from records in DL 3 and DL 4: these were made principally in the elucidation of the claims of parties in disputes heard before the Court of Duchy Chamber.
All pieces in this series have been transferred to map extract references, in the series MFC 1, MPC 1, MPCC 1 and MR 1 They are described fully under those references.
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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)
- MIS, THA, 11G06, SAP, NEW, LMI series files
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Duchy of Lancaster, 1399-1399
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 277 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2021 Duchy of Lancaster
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5985/
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