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Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Bytown (now Ottawa). '... Plan shewing in yellow...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1904/5
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This record is about the Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Bytown (now Ottawa). '... Plan shewing in yellow... dating from 1851 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 1/1904/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Bytown (now Ottawa). '... Plan shewing in yellow the relative position of Lot 24 as a site for a Free School'. Scale: 1 inch to 5 chains. Compass indicator. Drawn by R Pilkington. Originally accompanying a letter from Colonel Henry Vavasour, Royal Engineers, 20 February 1851.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 43 cm x 55 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3960
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9443100/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
4,237 records
Within the department: MR
Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
4,220 records
Within the series: MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
10 records
Within the piece: MR 1/1904
9 items (formerly filed among correspondence between the Ordnance Office and the...
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Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Bytown (now Ottawa). '... Plan shewing in yellow...
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