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1 item (originally an enclosure to War Office letter, 29 April 1887) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/796
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This record is about the 1 item (originally an enclosure to War Office letter, 29 April 1887) extracted from... dating from 1886-1887 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 1/796
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally an enclosure to War Office letter, 29 April 1887) extracted from CO 67/50. Cyprus. '4 Inch Plan Troodos showing... ground proposed to be reserved for the use of the War Dept': map, also showing roads, waterways, woodland, principal buildings, place names, spot heights. Key to the site reserved for 4 civilian families (as alluded to in a High Commissioner's minute, 6 October 1886), the site of Colonel Hackett's camp, and the sanitorium. Compass indicator. Traced by R G Borland, 2 April 1886. Signed: Major James R M Chard [Royal Engineers], 20 January 1886; tracing signed: Captain S C N Grant, Royal Engineers, Survey Director.
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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)
- 68 cm x 54 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:15840
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983817/
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MFQ 1
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 various departments held...
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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