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Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheet London LIV: map of the area between Millbank...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2352
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheet London LIV: map of the area between Millbank... dating from 1869-1879 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 78/2352
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheet London LIV: map of the area between Millbank prison in the north-east and Battersea Park in the south-west, on the Middlesex side showing parts of Chelsea (now in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) and Westminster, and on the Surrey side showing parts of Battersea (now in the London Borough of Wandsworth) and Lambeth. Surveyed by Colonel Bayly, Royal Engineers, 1869; engraved at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Lieutenant Burke, Royal Engineers, 1873; published 31 May 1875. A printed inscription states that the map should be used solely for War Department purposes. Coloured MS additions highlight Chelsea Infantry Barracks and the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico. Corrected to 10 October 1879 and signed on that date by Captain Lowsley, Royal Engineers, and by Lieutenant Colonel R Dawson Scott, Commanding Royal Engineer, Home District.
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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 268
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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 1:2500 County Series
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271296/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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