Piece
Transferred to MPZ 1/1
Catalogue reference: LRRO 1/170
Transferred to MPZ 1/1
Item
'A Plan of the Hays of Birkland and Bilhagh within the Forest of Sherwood in the...
Catalogue reference: MPZ 1/8/2
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This record is about the 'A Plan of the Hays of Birkland and Bilhagh within the Forest of Sherwood in the... dating from 1791-1793 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records. 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)
- MPZ 1/8/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1791-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Plan of the Hays of Birkland and Bilhagh within the Forest of Sherwood in the County of Nottingham belonging to the Crown. Surveyed in the year 1791 by Order of the Commissioners appointed by an Act of Parliament passed in the 26th Year of King Geo 3 By John Renshaw'. Dedication, towards upper right of sheet: 'To the Honorable Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament assembled This Plan of Birkland and Bilhagh in the Forest of Sherwood is humbly presented with the Fourteenth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state and condition of the Woods Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown, and to sell or alienate the Farm, and other unimprovable Rents. Land Revenue Office March 28th 1793'; (signed) Charles Middleton, John Call, John Fordyce. Shows trees and various named features. Reference table gives acreage of numbered plots. Folded, in a case. This map seems to be a slightly later version of MPZ 1/8/1.
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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)
- LRRO 1/345
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 41.3 cm x 76.3 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on paper
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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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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 2910
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9145372/
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Series information
MPZ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MPZ
Maps and plans extracted from records of various departments
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Within the series: MPZ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted from various series of records
3 records
Within the piece: MPZ 1/8
2 maps of parts of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. Detailed descriptions are given...
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