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Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and numbered reservations....

Catalogue reference: MPD 1/180/2

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This record is about the Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and numbered reservations.... dating from 1786 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
MPD 1/180/2
Date
1786
Description

Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and numbered reservations. Reference table distinguishes the lots laid out by five different surveyors. Scale: 1 inch to about 260 feet. Compass indicator. Surveyed by George Rodgers, Assistant Surveyor for Cape Breton and Deputy Surveyor General of Woods, on the order of Lieutenant Governor Des Barres, 20 July 1786. The reference table to the numbered reservations has remained under the reference T 1/738.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
55.6 cm x 83.6 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1355
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8868207/

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21 items extracted from T 1/738. Maps and plans relating to Cape Breton Island, Nova...

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Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and numbered reservations....

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