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1 item (originally illustrating a print of a memorandum on defence works proposed...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/501
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This record is about the 1 item (originally illustrating a print of a memorandum on defence works proposed... dating from 1876-1877 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/501
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1876-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally illustrating a print of a memorandum on defence works proposed for the Büyükçekmece-Terkos position, by Captain T Fraser, Royal Engineers, 22 December 1876) extracted from WO 33/29 (folios 1015-1016). Ottoman Empire. 'Reconnaissance of the Defensive Position between the Sea of Marmora [i.e. Marmara] and Black Sea. Covering Constantinople [now Istanbul] from the westward': map of the area (now in Turkey) between Lake Terkos and Büyükçekmece, showing the nature of the terrain, contours, rivers, roads, a proposed railway and tramway, place names, fortifications, and works proposed by Captain Fraser. Reference table to distances from Constantinople railway terminus. Compass indicator. Produced on instructions issued by Lieutenant General Sir Lintorn Simmons, Royal Engineers, KCB, IGF [Inspector General of Fortificatons], by order of His Royal Highness The Field Marshal Commanding in Chief [the Duke of Cambridge]; sketched by Captain [J C] Ardagh, Royal Engineers, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, and by Lieutenants Cockburn and [H] Chermside, October - November 1876, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel R Home, Royal Engineers, CB, Assistant Quartermaster General; lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, Quartermaster General's Department, January 1877.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- See also MFQ 1/873 and MPH 1/871
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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)
- 168.5 cm x 83.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:31680
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, with MS colouring
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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 4650
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559528/
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