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Cape Colony: King William's Town (now in Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/528
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This record is about the Cape Colony: King William's Town (now in Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South... dating from 1869-1870 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 1/528
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cape Colony: King William's Town (now in Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). 2 items. (1) '... Site Plan Showing position of N o. 1 Block Officer's Quarters': showing quarters and adjacent buildings. Scale: 1:2400. Compass indicator. (2) '... Record Plan of N o.1 Block Officers Q rs to accommodate 16 Officers & Servants ...'; 'N o XV': ground and first floor plans, sections and elevations. Reference notes on drainage and construction, with an estimate; initialled E I B, 7 January 1870. Scales: plans and elevations: 1 inch to 15 feet; sections: 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicator. Both drawn by Captain R G Thorold, Royal Engineers,10 November 1869 and 17 April 1869 respectively. Both signed Colonel Fanshawe, Commanding Royal Engineer, 24 November 1869 and 1 July 1869 respectively. Dimensions: (1) 49 cm x 69 cm; (2) 65 cm x 100 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- F 278
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2321
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2788
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561632/
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