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['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']: map comprising four joined sheets [numbers 2-3...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/940
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This record is about the ['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']: map comprising four joined sheets [numbers 2-3... dating from [1858]-1870 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 1/940
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1858]-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']: map comprising four joined sheets [numbers 2-3 and 6-7], together covering the area around Corradino, Marsa, Qormi and Tarxien; showing roads, buildings, named settlements and contours. [South-west at the top]. [Surveyed by the Royal Engineers, 1858-1862]. MS additions, coloured, show proposed works on the Corradino Heights, sites laid out or let, and the limits within which civil buildings should be prohibited. MS reference table. Signed: Colonel E W Durnford, Commanding Royal Engineer, 7 February 1870.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an index map to all 16 sheets of the base map, see WO 78/2331
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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 78/1761
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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)
- 121 cm x 183.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed. Damaged
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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 RecordOffice: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry3403
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559967/
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