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1 item (originally filed with the correspondence of 1855 between Lord Stratford de...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/197
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This record is about the 1 item (originally filed with the correspondence of 1855 between Lord Stratford de... dating from 1854 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPK 1/197
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally filed with the correspondence of 1855 between Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Field Marshal Lord Raglan) extracted from FO 352/42A. Russia: Crimea (the area shown is now in Ukraine). 'Plan of the Heights and Bay of Alma from Spitfires Survey': disposition of forces on land and sea. Scale: 2.9 inches to 1 mile. Compass indicator. Above the plan is a sepia-tinted panorama entitled 'Battle of Alma. Sept. 20th 1854', by E W Brooker, Royal Navy. Lithographed by Day & Son; published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, London, 2 November 1854.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 40 cm x 54 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:21848
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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 4754.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980218/
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