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France: Seine Maritime département. (1) Map, compiled from air photographs, based...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/599
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This record is about the France: Seine Maritime département. (1) Map, compiled from air photographs, based... dating from 1944 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)
- MPI 1/599
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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France: Seine Maritime département. (1) Map, compiled from air photographs, based on GSGS 4041 sheets 123 NW, NE, SW and SE and overprinted, showing obstacles and minefields and with coloured, MS additions. Reference tables on face and dorse. Annotated 'Secret'. (2) Tracing of the overprint on (1). (3) An overlay to (1). Reference key to mined and flooded areas. Annotated 'H.Q. 103 A.A. Brigade' 28 September 1944. (4) An unidentified sketch. (5)-(7) GSGS 4041 sheets (5) 123 NW 'Cauville', (6) 123 SE 'St Romain' and (7) 123 NE 'Montivilliers'. Reference tables. Reference keys to adjoining sheets. Geodetic information. (8) and (10) 2 charts showing minefields. Reference key on (8). Compass indicator on (10). (9) Tracing of the Reference table on the dorse of (1). Scales: (1)-(3) and (5)-(7) 1:25000; (4) 1:10000; (8) scale not shown. Sheet sizes between 18 cm x 33 cm and 90 cm x 76 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)
- AIR 14/3464
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 4041
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- (1) and (5) Printed, coloured; (2)-(4) and (6)-(7) MS, (2)-(3) and (6)-(7) on tracing paper, (3) and (6)-(7) coloured
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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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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 1461.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047800/
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