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'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': two copies of a map of the area between Zonqor,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2322
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This record is about the 'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': two copies of a map of the area between Zonqor,... dating from 1858-1870 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 78/2322
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': two copies of a map of the area between Zonqor, Pembroke Barracks, Birkirkara and Zejtun, showing roads, buildings, place names and contours. Reference table. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Compass star; south-west at the top. Surveyed by the Royal Engineers, 1858-1862, under the direction of Lieutenant [E H] Steward, Captain [F H] Rich, Captain [E L] Bland and Lieutenant Colonel [R M] Laffan, all of the Royal Engineers; zincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, under the superintendence of Captain [R M] Parsons, Royal Engineers, 1869. Coloured MS additions show the positions and types of guns as settled in February 1870. Item (1) initialled: 'W F D J' [Colonel Jervois], 'G T' [not identified] and 'W H P' [Lieutenant Patten, Royal Engineers], 11 February 1870. Sheet sizes 64 cm x 101 cm.
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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)
- F 273
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 57.5 cm x 83 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, 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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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 2893
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271266/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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