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1 item (originally enclosed in despatch number 68 from Sir Walter Sendall, High Commissioner,...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/939
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in despatch number 68 from Sir Walter Sendall, High Commissioner,... dating from 1896 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 1/939
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in despatch number 68 from Sir Walter Sendall, High Commissioner, Government House, Cyprus, to Joseph Chamberlain, MP, 27 March 1896) extracted from CO 67/98. 'Cyprus, Prison at Nicosia': plan of the prison layout, showing cells, walls, the warden's quarters, the hospital, kitchens, workshops etc, and a short-sentence block. Key to colouring. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. Inset: cross-section of the short-sentence block, showing walls, gates and dimensions; scale: 1 inch to 9 feet: [1:108]. Signed: James Cunningham, 26 March 1896. Plan and despatch subsequently placed in Colonial Office file 7411, on the building of a central prison in Cyprus.
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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)
- 69 cm x 89.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983960/
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