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Essex. 'Plan of the Royal Gunpowder Works of Waltham Abbey Shewing the Situation...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/580/3

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Reference
MR 1/580/3
Date
1806
Description

Essex. 'Plan of the Royal Gunpowder Works of Waltham Abbey Shewing the Situation of Cheshunt Mill And the Several Propositions for Increasing the manufactory': covering the River Lea between Town Mead and King's Weir, showing a channel proposed to be cut between King's Weir and Thorogood Sluice; also showing marshes, meadows, the acreage of nearby fields, and the abbey church and Cheshunt nunnery (the latter in Hertfordshire). Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains. Compass indicator.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
66 cm x 215 cm
Map scale
1:1584
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 1071
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442676/

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MR 1

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Essex. 'Plan of the Royal Gunpowder Works of Waltham Abbey Shewing the Situation...

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