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Suffolk: Aldeburgh. Twelve sheets of plans and sections of a tower for four heavy...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/576
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This record is about the Suffolk: Aldeburgh. Twelve sheets of plans and sections of a tower for four heavy... dating from 1809-1902 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 1/576
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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Suffolk: Aldeburgh. Twelve sheets of plans and sections of a tower for four heavy guns, built 1808-1810: (1, 9) Two copies of a section on the line A-B; item (1) lacks part of the right-hand side relative to item (9). (2, 10) Two copies of a plan of the lower floor. (3, 8) Two copies of a plan of the barrack floor. (4, 7) Two copies of a plan of the platform. (5, 11) Overlays, apparently relating to items (6) and (12) respectively. (6, 12) Two copies of a sheet bearing a general plan and section; item (6) lacks part of the left-hand side of item (12). Reference tables to items (1, 3-4, 7-9, 12). Scale: (1-4, 7-10) 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]; (5-6, 11-12) 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. Items (3-4) and (9-12) are the original drawings, (3-4, 9-10) dated 1809 and (11-12) dated 1810; items (1-2) and (5-8) are copies made at the Office of the Commander of the Royal Engineers, Harwich, October 1823. MS additions, in red ink and pencil to item (4), show alterations authorized by the Admiralty; reference note; signed: 'J. S. R. 1902'. The additional reference note refers the reader to 'Colchester 8/763'; this plan has not been identified among holdings of The National Archives.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Item (10) follows item (12)
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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 78/1349
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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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 3014
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559603/
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