Focus on
Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Piece
1 item extracted from FO 881/3720. South-east Europe. Map of the area (now in Romania,...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/877
What’s it about?
This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 881/3720. South-east Europe. Map of the area (now in Romania,... dating from [1878] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/877
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1878]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
1 item extracted from FO 881/3720. South-east Europe. Map of the area (now in Romania, Moldova and Ukraine) between Bucharest, the Black Sea and 47°30'N, showing projected strategic railway lines on which Russian military commanders would be able to rely in the event of war. Reference table to distances. Scale: 14.3 cm to 100 versts. Lithographed by Harrison and Sons, St Martin's Lane.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 51 cm x 61 cm
-
Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:747648
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
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))
-
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 3937.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983898/
Series information
MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
6,070 records
Within the department: MFQ
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...
You are currently looking at the piece: MFQ 1/877
1 item extracted from FO 881/3720. South-east Europe. Map of the area (now in Romania,...
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Three wooden wheel models used as court exhibits
These Victorian railway wheel models demonstrate the diverse, and often unexpected, character of exhibits preserved in court records at The National Archives. -
Record revealed
Accident register for the North Eastern Railway Company
These record books reveal the substantial dangers to passengers – and for those operating trains – in the first decades that public railways existed.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.