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Dorset. 'Weymouth and Portland': chart with soundings. Compass indicator. Admiralty...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/613
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This record is about the Dorset. 'Weymouth and Portland': chart with soundings. Compass indicator. Admiralty... dating from 1855-1909 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 1/613
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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Dorset. 'Weymouth and Portland': chart with soundings. Compass indicator. Admiralty chart 2255: surveyed by Captain Sheringham, Lieutenant Cox and Mr Taylor, RN, 1850; engraved by J and C Walker; published by the Admiralty, 9 May 1855; with additions and corrections, 1861-1904, including resurvey of Portland Harbour in 1872. Sold by J D Potter. Printed insets: coastal approach views. MS title: 'Plan Showing Position and Elevation of Datum Post Redcliff Point'; MS colouring of datum post and coastal lights; and MS inset: datum post, scale 1:16. Signed Lieutenant Colonel E M Burton, Commanding Royal Engineer Weymouth, 15 September 1905. Stamped: Commanding RE Weymouth, 15 September 1905. Initialled: [?GMS], 13 September 1909.
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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)
- 271
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/4057
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty chart 2255
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:18200
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved; with coloured MS additions
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561717/
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Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from records of the War Office
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