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Kent: Sheerness. 3 items. (1) Plan of the fortifications, showing redoubts in course...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/208
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This record is about the Kent: Sheerness. 3 items. (1) Plan of the fortifications, showing redoubts in course... dating from 1794-1796 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 1/208
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1796
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kent: Sheerness. 3 items. (1) Plan of the fortifications, showing redoubts in course of erection. Reference table. (2) Plan of land belonging to Messrs Bristow, Gell and Bennett proposed to be purchased for the Crown. Reference tables. (3) Plan and sections of two redoubts ordered to be built 19 April 1794. Scales: (1)-(2) 1 inch to 200 feet; (3) plan 1 inch to 200 feet, section 1 inch to 20 feet. (1)-(2) Signed by W Spry, Major General Commanding RE Chatham Lines, (1) 1 July 1796 and (2) 16 April 1795. Sheet sizes between 50.5 cm x 66.5 cm and 75 cm x 58.5 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 30/11/249
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- MS, (1) and (3) coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 1275
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047409/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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