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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPHH 1/529
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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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)
- F 268
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2376
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66 cm x 102 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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 2831
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561633/
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