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Catalogue description Ordnance Survey: 1865 Survey of Commons and Open Spaces within 25-Mile Radius of London
| Reference: | OS 25 |
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| Title: | Ordnance Survey: 1865 Survey of Commons and Open Spaces within 25-Mile Radius of London |
| Description: |
This series consists of replies to a circular letter sent to parish Poor Law officers in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, at the request of the House of Commons Select Committee on Forests, Commons and Open Spaces in and around the Metropolis. The returns list forests, commons and open spaces within each parish, together with approximate acreage and other notes. Returns from all the counties, except those from Buckinghamshire, include maps and plans. OS 25/1 is a register of the returns. |
| Date: | 1865 |
| Arrangement: |
The series is arranged by county, except for OS 25/1. Within each piece, returns are arranged in alphabetical order by parish. The accompanying maps are now stored separately and need to be ordered separately, as explained in the individual piece descriptions. |
| Related material: |
Maps of commons and open spaces prepared for the House of Commons Select Committee on Forests, Commons and Open Spaces in and around the Metropolis were deposited in the Library of the House of Commons, but no longer appear to survive there. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 7 papers |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Publication note: |
The two reports of the Select Committee were printed for Parliament (HC (1865) viii). An index to these maps is in HC (1866) 1ix. |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
A list of parishes included in the survey is available in in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew. |
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