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Essex. Project plans for a proposed Ordnance Establishment at Lexden Heath, Colchester....
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/154
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- 1806
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Essex. Project plans for a proposed Ordnance Establishment at Lexden Heath, Colchester. (1) Estimates of cost. (2) 'A Survey of Lexden Heath'. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 357.5 feet [1:4290]. Compass indicator. (3) Elevations. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Initialled: 'RT'. (4) to (7) Sketch project plans for the Ordnance establishment. Scale: 1 inch to 80 feet [1:960]. (8) 'Plan for the accommodation of the Artillery establishment at Colchester'. Scale: 1 inch to 35 feet [1:420]. (9) 'General Plan of the Ordnance Establishment at Colchester 1806'. Scale: 1 inch to 35 feet [1:420]. All endorsed by Captain George Whitmore, RE, 1806. Dimensions: (1) 25 cm x 19 cm; (2) 55.6 cm x 60.7 cm; (3) 44.5 cm x 68.1 cm; (4) 44.7 cm x 50.3 cm; (5) 48 cm x 72.9 cm; (6) 50.5 cm x 72.4 cm; (7) 61.7 cm x 51.1 cm; (8) 65 cm x 93.5 cm; (9) 66.5 cm x 100.3 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/1591
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 967
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