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Kingdom of the Netherlands: Menen (or Menin; now in Belgium). Two maps and one sheet...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/754
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/754
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1816]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kingdom of the Netherlands: Menen (or Menin; now in Belgium). Two maps and one sheet of drawings: (1) 'Plan of the Borders of the River Lys [or Leie River] at Menin showing... the situation of the proposed work to defend the passage of that River'; (2) 'Plan of the Town of Menin and Fortifications as it is proposed to restore them'; (3) 'Plan of a Casemated Work proposed to dispute the passage of the Lys at Menin should it be decided not to restore the Works of the Town': plans of the interior and exterior of the work, with a section. Scale: (1) 1 inch to about 205 feet [1:2,460]; (2) 1 inch to 400 feet [1:4,800]; (3) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480] (plans) and 1 inch to 30 feet [1:360]. Compass indicators to items (1-2). Dimensions: (1) 43 cm x 57 cm; (2) 61 cm x 92 cm; (3) 61 cm x 98 cm.
Originally accompanying the Report of the Committee of British Engineers on the Fortresses of the Netherlands; the report is not filed with these drawings. This piece was part of a collection of plans and drawings held by Major General Sir John Jones which, following his death in 1843, were sent to the office of the Inspector General of Fortifications; correspondence about the transfer and a list of the plans and drawings are among the papers in WO 55/959
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also WO 78/746
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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)
- A 53
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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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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 633
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269690/
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