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'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': map of the area between Zonqor, Pembroke Barracks,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2331
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This record is about the 'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': map of the area between Zonqor, Pembroke Barracks,... dating from 1858-1869 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 78/2331
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Plan of the Fortress of Malta': 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 form a graphic index to the sheetlines of a 1:2,500-scale map of the area, on 16 sheets. Endorsed: '1/2500 Survey of Valetta [sic, Valletta]... 16 sheets & an Index... 19 Jan y. 1867'. Sheet size 64 cm x 101 cm.
The War Office docket book (which was the original means of reference to the War Office maps) implies that this index map was formerly kept with the 16 sheets of the 1867 map, but was separated from them at some time prior to its transfer to the Public Record Office. The 1867 map has not been found within the holdings of The National Archives.
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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 269
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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. Damaged at the right-hand edge
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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 2890
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271275/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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