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Kent: Chatham. 5 items. (1) Report and estimate for works and repairs at the Gun...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/204
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This record is about the Kent: Chatham. 5 items. (1) Report and estimate for works and repairs at the Gun... dating from 1796 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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- MPI 1/204
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1796
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent: Chatham. 5 items. (1) Report and estimate for works and repairs at the Gun Wharf. (2) 'Plate No. 1' and (3) 'Plate No. 2': 2 plans of part of the Ordnance Ground showing the Gun Wharf. (4) 'Plate No. 3': sections of ground proposed for enlarging the Gun Wharf. (5) 'Plate No. 4': plans, section and elevation of a proposed wharf wall. Scales: (2)-(3) 1 inch to 100 feet; (4) 1 inch to 50 feet; (5) 1 inch to 5 feet. Signed by Major General W Spry, 13 October 1796. Sheet sizes between 33 cm x 49.5 cm and 44.5 cm x 61.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- PRO 30/11/245
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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- MS, (2)-(5) coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 1134
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047405/
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