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Barbados. One item comprising two joined sheets of plans and sections of Ordnance...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/461
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This record is about the Barbados. One item comprising two joined sheets of plans and sections of Ordnance... dating from 1851 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/461
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Barbados. One item comprising two joined sheets of plans and sections of Ordnance signal stations. 'No.1': plans of the sites of five stations, showing buildings and boundaries; and a map of the island showing the locations of the stations. 'No.2': plans and sections of the buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 60 links [1:475] (Cotton Tower site); 1 inch to 1 chain [1:792] (Dover Fort and Grenada Hall sites); 1 inch to 2 chains [1:1,584] (Moncrieffe site); 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3,168] (Gun Hill site); 1 inch to about 3 miles [1:190,080]; 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] (buildings). Compass indicators to the map and site plans. Dated on the dorse: 26 September 1851. A considerable portion of the lower right hand corner of the combined sheet is missing. A note states that this sheet accompanied a letter from Lieutenant Colonel W C Ward, Commanding Royal Engineer, West Indies, to the Inspector General of Fortifications, 2 July 1851.
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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)
- WO 78/1095
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3175
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559488/
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