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Channel Islands: Jersey. 24 sheets of plans elevations and sections showing proposed...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1369
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- MR 1/1369
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832
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Description (What the record is about)
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Channel Islands: Jersey. 24 sheets of plans elevations and sections showing proposed additions to coastal defences: (1) plan of La Rocque (Number 1) Tower, Grouville Bay; (2) section of Rocque Platte; (3) section of Janvrin Islet, in Portelet Bay, and its tower; (4) sections of Fort Henry, Grouville Bay; (5) sections of a volunteers' redoubt, Saint Aubin's Bay; (6) plans and sections of a gun tower above Mount Orgueil Castle; (7) sections of Saint Aubin's Fort; (8) map of Janvrin Islet; (9) plan of a volunteers' redoubt, Saint Aubin's Bay; (10) sections of La Roque Tower; (11) map of La Motte Island; (12) section of Beauport Battery, Saint Brelade's Bay; (13) section of Le Hocq Battery, St Clements Bay; (14) map La Motte Island; (15) plan of Le Hocq Tower and Battery; (16) plan and section for a three-gun tower for Point des Pas; (17) plan of Fort Henry, Grouville Bay, with reference notes; (18) sections of Verclut Point, Saint Catherine's Bay; (19) sections of Nez de Gret Point, Rozel; (20) plan of Beauport Battery; (21) plan of the tower at Rocque Platte; (22) plan of Verclut Point; (23) plan of the port of St Aubin; (24) plan of a five-gun battery for Nez de Gret Point. All items to scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicators to items (20-22, 24). Items (1-16. 18-19, 21-23) drawn by J R Mills. All items signed by Lieutenant Colonel G G Lewis, 1 November 1832. Dimensions between 26.5 cm x 27.5 cm and 128.5 cm x 164.5 cm. Originally accompanying a letter to Major General Thornton, CB, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, 1 October 1832; the letter is not filed on this roll.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/742
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:120
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560396/
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