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France. Map on two joined sheets, covering the area between Honfleur, Vailly-sur-Aisne,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/556
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This record is about the France. Map on two joined sheets, covering the area between Honfleur, Vailly-sur-Aisne,... dating from 1871-[1873] 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 78/556
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871-[1873]
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Description (What the record is about)
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France. Map on two joined sheets, covering the area between Honfleur, Vailly-sur-Aisne, Dornes and Neuville-de Poitou. Copied from two sheets ('Paris' and ['Bourges']) of the 'Carte de la France' (surveyed by officers of the Corps d'Etat-Major, engraved at the French War Department and published [1852]-1855). Coloured MS additions highlighting the River Seine and River Loire, and showing proposed forts in the environs of Paris, 1873. Endorsed in MS with a note stating that this copy was photozincographed [?by Ordnance Survey] in 1871. The War Office map docket book (which was the original means of reference to the War Office maps) states that a newspaper cutting from The Times, 9 September 1873, concerning defence proposals is affixed to the map; there is now no such cutting attached to or filed with the map.
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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 13
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 103 cm x 82cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:320000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Photozincographed
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 1007
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269492/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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