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12 items extracted from T 1/4040. Gaol to be built at St John's, Newfoundland. (1)...
Catalogue reference: MPD 1/191
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This record is about the 12 items extracted from T 1/4040. Gaol to be built at St John's, Newfoundland. (1)... dating from 1828 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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- MPD 1/191
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828
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12 items extracted from T 1/4040. Gaol to be built at St John's, Newfoundland. (1) Ground plan, with details of numbers of prisoners to be accommodated in each ward. (2) Keeper's house and wards for debtors and prisoner: front elevations. (3) Keeper's house and ward for felons: section. (4) Debtors' ward and lunatics' ward: ground, first and second floor plans. (5) Areas for prisoners in charge and prisoners convicted for misdemeanours: ground, first and second floor plans. (6) Felons' ward: elevation. (7) Keeper's house: elevation. (8) Keeper's house and area surrounding: basement and ground floor plans. (9) Upper storey of the centre building: plan. (10) Infirmary: ground and upper floor plans. (11) Laundry and prison store: ground and upper floor plans. (12) Entranve lodge: front elevation. Various scales and sizes. Signed by Robert Smirke, 10 January 1828.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 984
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12 items extracted from T 1/4040. Gaol to be built at St John's, Newfoundland. (1)...
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