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1 item (originally accompanying 'Report on the Royal Military Canal Hythe' by Captain...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/1098/30

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This record is about the 1 item (originally accompanying 'Report on the Royal Military Canal Hythe' by Captain... dating from [c.1816]-[1857] 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 1/1098/30
Date
[c.1816]-[1857]
Description

1 item (originally accompanying 'Report on the Royal Military Canal Hythe' by Captain Wrottesley, Royal Engineers, March 1857) extracted from WO 55/1548/5. Kent and Sussex. 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey one-inch Old Series England and Wales joined: IV and parts of III, V and VI. The combined map covers the area between Headcorn, Saint Margaret's Bay and Fairlight (near Hastings). Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. [All marginalia, including details of printing, dates, etc, have been trimmed away]. MS title: 'Plan and sections of the Royal Military Canal'. MS additions, coloured: (i) highlighting the route of the canal (between Hythe and Cliff End); (ii) comprising two transverse sections, comparing the condition of the canal when newly built with the condition it had fallen into [by about 1857]. Sections to scale: 1 inch to 15 feet [1:180].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
OS one-inch Old Series England and Wales
Dimensions
60 cm x 90 cm
Map scale
1:63360
Physical condition
Engraved
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9414778/

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