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Middlesex: Westminster and Kensington (now the London Boroughs of Westminster and...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/598
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This record is about the Middlesex: Westminster and Kensington (now the London Boroughs of Westminster and... dating from 1862-1868 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 78/598
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862-1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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Middlesex: Westminster and Kensington (now the London Boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea). Two maps made up from sheets of the Ordnance Survey five-foot map of London: (1) sheet 470, showing part of Hyde Park immediately north and east of the Serpentine Bridge; (2) sheets 466 and [495] joined, together covering the area between Orme Square in the north-east and Holland Park in the south-west. Item (2) damaged at the lower edge. Scale: 5 feet to 1 mile [1 inch to 88 feet]. Item (1) surveyed by Captain Carey, Royal Engineers, 1862; engraved at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Colonel Cameron, Royal Engineers, 1867; published 31 August 1867. Survey details for item (2) are missing, due to damage; sheet 495 published 31 May 1867. Coloured MS additions to both items: (1) highlighting Hyde Park barracks and magazines; (2) highlighting Kensington Palace Barracks, off Kensington Church Street. Originally produced in relation to a letter from the Commanding Royal Engineer, 12 May 1868; this letter is not 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 19
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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 1:1056 London
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1056
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269534/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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