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Saint Christopher (now part of Saint Kitts and Nevis). 7 sheets of plans and drawings...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/549
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This record is about the Saint Christopher (now part of Saint Kitts and Nevis). 7 sheets of plans and drawings... dating from 1800 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 1/549
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800
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Description (What the record is about)
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Saint Christopher (now part of Saint Kitts and Nevis). 7 sheets of plans and drawings of defences. (1) 'General plan of Brimstone Hill, shewing the works and buildings already erected with those proposed for completing the defences'; reference table. (2) Plan of Fort George, showing its division into rooms, with a proposed magazine and casements, and a proposed advanced battery. (3) 'Section through Fort George with the West and East Places of Arms and the Proposed Magazine with the Advanced Battery'. (4) 'Monkey Hill, Fort Charlotte: plan and section. (5) 'Plan Section and Elevation of The Prince of Wales's Bastion'. (6) 'Plan and section, shewing the Grand Range of Casemates, the Grand Cistern, with the Platform for Collecting Water, the Proposed Additional Cistern, and Arcade, with the Bridges over the Area, in front of the Officers Quarters'. (7) Plans and sections of a barrier redoubt and magazine bastion. Scale: (1) 1 inch to about 35 yards [1:1,260]; (2-3) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (4-7) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Compass indicator to item (1). Items (3-7) by Monins W Harcup, Royal Engineers. Overlay to item (2), depicting the walls and interior of the fort differently from the base plan. Dimensions: (1) 56.5 cm x 85 cm; (2) 73 cm x 132 cm; (3) 36.5 cm x 148 cm; (4) 72 cm x 51.5 cm; (5) 45 cm x 56.5 cm; (6) 56.5 cm x 73.5 cm; (7) 54.5 cm x 75.5 cm. Originally enclosed with a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Shipley to Mr Crew, 10 January 1800; this letter is not preserved on this roll.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The items are filed in the order: 1, 7, 3-6, 2
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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 78/1249
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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 3643
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559576/
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