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Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheets Kent LXVIII.10-[11] joined to form a...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2451
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This record is about the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheets Kent LXVIII.10-[11] joined to form a... dating from 1859-1884 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 78/2451
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1884
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 County Series sheets Kent LXVIII.10-[11] joined to form a map of areas surrounding Dover Castle to the north, and land as far east as the South Foreland; sheet LXVIII.11 is coloured, but sheet LXVIII.10 is uncoloured. Sheet LXVIII.10 surveyed by Captain A de C Scott, 1859; levelled by Captain E N Heygate, Royal Engineers; zincographed under the superintendence of Lieutenant Colonel P Carey, Royal Engineers, 1879; a printed inscription states: For War Department purposes only'. Sheet LXVIII.11 revised by Captain HS Palmer, Royal Engineers, 1871; levelled by Captain E R James, Royal Engineers; zincographed under the superintendence of Lieutenant Colonel Parsons, Royal Engineers. Coloured MS additions show a prison on Fox Hill Down, with contour shading (in brown paint) surrounding the buildings. MS note: 'Copy of approved plan for Convict Prison. See Dover 5/3177'. Dated 27 May 1884 in MS.
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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 420
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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)
- Zincographed, coloured. Damaged at the right-hand edge
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- Open Document, Open Description
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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