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2 items (originally accompanying reports on the progress of the Survey of Gibraltar)...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/531
What’s it about?
This record is about the 2 items (originally accompanying reports on the progress of the Survey of Gibraltar)... dating from 1903-1904 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/531
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1903-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (originally accompanying reports on the progress of the Survey of Gibraltar) extracted from WO 181/7. 'Map of the Campo of Gibraltar': two copies of a [?draft] key map, also covering part of Cádiz province, Spain, between Tarifa in the south-west and the Guadiaro River in the north-east; also showing sheet divisions. Scale: 3 inches to 4 miles. Compass indicator. Inset: 'Map of the Bobadilla - Algeciras Railway'. Different MS additions, coloured, to each item: (1) showing sheet numbers, areas contoured and areas yet to be mapped as of 10 March 1903, and the limits of Captain Harvey's map; (2) areas contoured and areas yet to be mapped as of 9 March 1904. MS reference tables. Both items approved by Captain E M Paul, Royal Engineers, Intelligence Officer, Gibraltar.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Captain Harvey's map, see MR 1/653
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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)
- 59 cm x 41.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:84480
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Ferrotype print
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 4207
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983552/
Series information
MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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2 items (originally accompanying reports on the progress of the Survey of Gibraltar)...
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