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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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Hampshire and Surrey. (1-4, 8-11) Eight maps (two copies of each of four sheets)...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2481
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This record is about the Hampshire and Surrey. (1-4, 8-11) Eight maps (two copies of each of four sheets)... dating from 1882-1894 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 78/2481
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hampshire and Surrey. (1-4, 8-11) Eight maps (two copies of each of four sheets) of the environs of Aldershot and Woolmer Forest: (1, 8) Aldershot sheet 4: covering Chobham, Bisley and Pirbright; (2, 9) Aldershot sheet 5: centred on the town of Aldershot itself; (3, 10) Aldershot sheet 6: covering Normandy and Worplesdon; (4, 11) 'Woolmer': covering Kingsley, Blackmoor and Greatham. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Based on sheets of the Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series; engraved and transferred to zinc at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton: (1-3, 8-10) 1882, (4, 11) 1883; War Department property revised to 1 April 1888; reprinted: (1-3, 8-10) 1891, (4, 11) 1890. Printed inscriptions on each sheet state: 'For War Department purposes only'. Coloured MS additions to all sheets show woodlands and nurseries; the additions on items (1-4) also show [?War Department] boundaries. Items (1-4) signed by Major [?]Dorward, Royal Engineers, Aldershot, 30 December 1893, and by E O [?]Lamas. Pencilled notes to items (1-4) state that they originally accompanied a letter [not now filed with the maps] to the Adjutant General of Forces, 2 January 1894; illegible signature in pencil.
(5-7) Typescript reference table to woodlands and nurseries.
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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 462
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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 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)
- Zincographed
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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/C3271425/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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