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Four sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series joined: Hampshire LXXXVI.7-8...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/526
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This record is about the Four sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series joined: Hampshire LXXXVI.7-8... dating from 1870-1883 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. 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)
- WO 78/526
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1870-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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Four sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series joined: Hampshire LXXXVI.7-8 and [LXXXVI.11-12], together forming a map of the environs of Christchurch (now in Dorset) and territory as far inland as Iford and Burton. Surveyed by Captain G E Sansford, Royal Engineers, 1870; levelled by Captain E R James, Royal Engineers; zincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, under the superintendence of Captain Parsons, Royal Engineers. MS addition, in pencil, shows an exercise yard adjacent to the Artillery Barracks at Porpoise Hill. Signed by Captain [illegible], Royal Engineers, 12 October 1871; by Colonel W F Hedden, Commanding Royal Engineer, Portsmouth, 16 October 1871; by Major Stewart, Commanding Royal Engineer, Gosport, 11 April 1883; and by Lieutenant Colonel C E Webber, on behalf of the absent Commanding Royal Engineer, Southern District, April 1883.
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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)
- D 17
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS 1:2500 County Series
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Zincographed, 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269462/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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