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Gibraltar: (1) 'Ground Plan of the Mule Yard'. Measurements shown, but apparently...
Catalogue reference: MPB 1/48
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This record is about the Gibraltar: (1) 'Ground Plan of the Mule Yard'. Measurements shown, but apparently... dating from [?c1800] 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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MPB 1/48
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[?c1800]
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Gibraltar: (1) 'Ground Plan of the Mule Yard'. Measurements shown, but apparently not to scale. 60 cm x 50 cm. (2) 'Ground Plan of the Commissariat Office opposite the Town Range Magazine'. Measurements shown, but apparently not to scale. 3 cm x 50 cm. (3) Plan and section of the victualling magazines at Rosia, with elevations of the storehouses, office and dwelling house. Reference table. 65 cm x 83 cm. Drawn by A Edwards. Coloured.(4) Ground plan of the Town Range Magazine, showing its division into a bakery and yard, provision stores, saw pit and harness store, officers' quarters etc. Measurements shown, but apparently not to scale. 55 cm x 70 cm. Endorsed: 'Premises at Gibraltar'.
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Found among miscellanea of the Exchequer of Receipt.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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E 407/115
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1832.
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Exchequer
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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