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Catalogue reference: MR 1/1771/12
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Channel Islands: Alderney. 4 maps: (1) covering the whole island showing [existing]...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1299
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This record is about the Channel Islands: Alderney. 4 maps: (1) covering the whole island showing [existing]... dating from 1854 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 1/1299
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Channel Islands: Alderney. 4 maps: (1) covering the whole island showing [existing] forts and batteries, and currents and soundings; (2) covering the whole island showing roads, settlements and proposed additional defences; (3) showing proposed defences along the coast from Gros Nez Fort to Tres Veaux Bay; a large portion of this map is missing; (4) showing existing and proposed defences in the Harbour of Refuge. Reference tables to items (2-4). Scale: (1) 1 inch to about 1,000 yards [1:36,000]; (2) 1 inch to 800 feet [1:9,600]; (3-4) 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2,400]. Compass indicator to each item. Each item signed by 2nd Corporal Charles Libby, Royal Sappers and Miners; and by Captain William Drummond Jervois, Royal Engineers. Dimensions: (1) 39.5 cm x 52 cm; (2) 53 cm x 80 cm; (3) 76 cm x 137 cm; (4) 100.5 cm x 27 cm. Originally accompanying a memorandum concerning additional defences for Alderney, 1 May 1854; the memorandum is not preserved on this roll.
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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 78/510
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- 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 2364
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560326/
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