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7 items, numbered 3-4, 14, 16-17, 20 and 23: part of a Topographical Survey of part...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1035/4
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- WO 78/1035/4
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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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7 items, numbered 3-4, 14, 16-17, 20 and 23: part of a Topographical Survey of part of northern France, laid out in ten sheets (see the index map in WO 78/1035/1). The immediate environs of certain fortified towns have been left blank because the officers conducting the survey were not permitted to enter these areas.
Sheet 1: (3-4) two copies of a map of the area between Calais, Saint-Omer and Boulogne-sur-Mer; item (3) on eight joined sheets and item (4) on two joined sheets. Reference tables. Scale bars in miles and toises. Compass indicators. Item (3) signed Lieutenant Colonel W Staveley; item (4) copied by Ensign F H Robe.
Sheet 2: (14) map of the area between Dunkirk (Dunkerque), Saint-Omer and Calais, on two joined sheets. Reference table. Scale bar in miles. Unsigned.
Sheet 3: (16) map of the area between Boulogne-sur-Mer and the River Authie, on four joined sheets. Scale bar in miles. Unsigned.
Sheet 4: (17, 20) two copies of a map of the area between Saint-Omer, Béthune and Hesdin; item (17) on three joined sheets and item (20) on two joined sheets. Scale bars in miles. Item (17) signed by Captain T Wright; item (20) unsigned.
Sheet 5: (23) map of the area between Cassel, Lille and Lens, on two joined sheets. Scale bar in toises. Copied by Lieutenant W Dillon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the items numbered 1-2, 5-13, 15, 18-19, 21-22 and 24-45, see WO 78/1035/1 WO 78/1035/2 WO 78/1035/3 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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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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