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Cape Colony: Simonstown (now in Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa)....

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/529

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This record is about the Cape Colony: Simonstown (now in Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa).... dating from 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
MPHH 1/529
Date
1870
Description

Cape Colony: Simonstown (now in Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). Two items. (1) 'Memo relative to the House purchased from M rs Whipple, by the War Department at Simons Town :- furnished in obedience to I.G.F's [Inspector General of Fortifications] Mem o dated War Office 20 September 1870 ...': note on the structure, age and purchase price of the building. Signed Colonel C Fanshawe, Commanding Royal Engineer, South Africa, 9 November 1870. (2) 'Record Plan Simon's Town... House acquired from M rs. Whipple Deed of transfer 11 th November 1868 ...': plans and sections. Scales: plans: 1 inch to 10 feet; sections: 1 inch to 5 feet. Compass indicators. Inset: block plan; approximate scale: 1 inch to 25 feet. Original plan drawn by Lieutenant A G Begbie, Royal Engineers; copied by Lieutenant W St George Burke, Royal Engineers, 25 July 1870. Signed Lieutenant Colonel G S Tilly, DCRE [Deputy Commanding Royal Engineer], 27 July 1870; and Colonel C Fanshawe, Commanding Royal Engineer, South Africa, 28 July 1870. Inset: 'Block Plan of W.D. Property': showing a copy of the boundary on the title deed.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
F 268
Former reference
WO 78/2376
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
66 cm x 102 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Archives and libraries
Conveyancing
Army
Maps and plans
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Africa
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2831
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561633/

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