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Catalogue reference: MPK 1/445
Transferred to MPK 1/73
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1 item (enclosure to Henry Layard's despatch no 720 of 5 June 1878) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/3
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPK 1/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Henry Layard's despatch no 720 of 5 June 1878) extracted from FO 78/2790. Turkey: Bolayir. 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair shewing the Lines constructed by the Anglo-French Army in 1855 ...'. Also shows contours, rivers, place names, forts, communications etc. Compass indicator. Inset: 'Outline Sketch of the Lines of Boulair from Boulair Cemetery'. Sketched December 1876 by [G.A.] Cockburn, Lt RE, and [Herbert] Chermside, Lt RE, under the direction of R. Home, Lt Col, and on instructions from Sir Lintorn Simmons, Lt Gen, IGF. Lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, QMG's Department, Feb 1877. Signed by T. Fraser, Capt RE. Signed by J.C. Fife, Capt, Military Attaché, Gallipoli, 1 June 1878. MS additions show position of advanced works, June 1878. A pencilled note reads: 'To be reduced - wanted early. 150 copies.'
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 69 cm x 102 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:15840
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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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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 4560.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980024/
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