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16 items, numbered 1-2, 5-13, 15, 18-19, 21-22: part of a Topographical Survey of...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1035/1
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- WO 78/1035/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1818-1823]
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Description (What the record is about)
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16 items, numbered 1-2, 5-13, 15, 18-19, 21-22: part of a Topographical Survey of part of northern France, laid out in ten sheets. The immediate environs of certain fortified towns have been left blank because the officers conducting the survey were not permitted to enter these areas.
(1) 'British Lines of Occupation. N. of France (after 1815). Manuscript sketches & copies by officers of the Royal Staff Corps. Scale about 1/44,000': schedule, prepared at the War Office Map Library, listing details of the various copies of each of the ten survey sheets. (2) Printed map of the area between Calais, Bruges (Brugge; now in Belgium), Guise and Blangy-sur-Bresle. Coloured MS additions form a graphic index to the sheetlines of the ten survey sheets.
Sheet 2: (5-13) two copies of a map of the area between Dunkirk (Dunkerque), Saint-Omer and Calais; item (5) on eight joined sheets, with two small exensions attached to the east and west sides; items (6-13) a single copy on eight separate sheets, with the eastward and westward extensions shown as insets on items (10) and (13). Reference tables. Scale bars in miles. Item (5) signed by Lieutenant J S Sedley; items (6-13) copied by Lieutenant T M Harris.
Sheet 3: (15) map of the area between Boulogne-sur-Mer and the River Authie, on 35 joined sheets. With a scenic vignette. Scale not shown. Unsigned.
Sheet 4: (18-19) map of the area between Saint-Omer, Béthune and Hesdin, on two separate sheets. Scale bar in miles. Copied by Ensign W Moore.
Sheet 5: (21-22) map of the area between Cassel, Lille and Lens: item (21) is the main map, on eight joined sheets, and item (22) is a thin strip that had become separated from the upper edge. Scale bar in toises. Signed by Lieutenant G S Hall.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the items numbered 3-4, 14, 16-17, 20 and 23-45, see WO 78/1035/2 WO 78/1035/3 WO 78/1035/4 WO 78/1035/5
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- France/District/19A
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 658; WO 78/1035; WO 38/65
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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 and French
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:44000
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1299. For discussion of these and other related maps, see also M Watelet, 'De militaire topografische cartografie van de Geallieerden in Frankrijk en België (1815-1818)', Driemaandelijks Tijdschrift van het Gemeentekrediet van België CLXXIV (1990-1994), 33-49
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11252850/
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