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Devon. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch Plymouth sheets [4 and 6] joined, together showing...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1849/4
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This record is about the Devon. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch Plymouth sheets [4 and 6] joined, together showing... dating from 1854-1860 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... 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)
- MR 1/1849/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Devon. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch Plymouth sheets [4 and 6] joined, together showing the area between Stonehouse, the Laira and Andurn Point. Reference table to parishes and wards. Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile. Surveyed and contoured by Captain Cameron, Royal Engineers, 1854-1855; engraved at the Ordnance Survey office, Southampton, 1857; sheet 6 published 31 December 1858. MS title: 'Plymouth Plan Shewing the Works Proposed for the Staddon Position': coloured MS additions show Fort Staddon and other defences in the Plymstock area. Signed by Captain E F DuCane, Royal Engineer, 23 November 1860; by William F Drummond Jervois, Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications, 23 November 1860; and by J F Burgoyne, Inspector General of Fortifications, 17 December 1860. A note, initialled by Mr Drummond Jervois, states that the defence scheme was approved by Queen [Victoria] on 29 December 1860.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS 1:5280 Plymouth
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 96 cm x 126 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5280
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9443066/
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Devon. Ordnance Survey twelve-inch Plymouth sheets [4 and 6] joined, together showing...
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