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Channel Islands: Guernsey: Fort George. (1) Plan, section and elevation for an Ordnance...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/237
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This record is about the Channel Islands: Guernsey: Fort George. (1) Plan, section and elevation for an Ordnance... dating from 1809-1810 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPHH 1/237
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809-1810
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Description (What the record is about)
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Channel Islands: Guernsey: Fort George. (1) Plan, section and elevation for an Ordnance storehouse and offices. Copied by T Beer, October 1809. (2) Possibly initial draft of (1). (3) Plan, elevations and sections of a barrack. Copied by W B Carrique, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman, 1809. (4) Copy of (3) by T Beer, 1810. (5) Plan and sections of a caponière. (6) Copy of (5) by John Bartley. (7) General plan of the position of the Fort: showing alterations proposed by a committee of Royal Engineers, 1809. Copied by G D Burr. (8) Possibly initial draft of (7). Endorsed: All to accompany report, 15 September 1809. Scales: (1)-(6) 1 inch to 10 feet; (7)-(8) 1 inch to 100 feet. All endorsed: signed by Lieutenant Colonel Augustus de Butts, RE. Dimensions: (1)-(2) 56.6 cm x 50 cm; (3)-(4) 68.6 cm x 48 cm; (5)-(6) 74.4 cm x 52.3 cm; (7) 64 cm x 96.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- G 186
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1751
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 2382
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561341/
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