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1 item extracted from WO 44/415. Town plan of Port Royal, Jamaica, showing streets,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/34
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from WO 44/415. Town plan of Port Royal, Jamaica, showing streets,... dating from 1786-1828 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MPH 1/34
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1828
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from WO 44/415. Town plan of Port Royal, Jamaica, showing streets, dockyard, Ordnance buildings (named), defence works. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Compass indicator. Inset section through defence works at the east end of the dockyard (scale: 1 inch to 12 feet). Signed by William McKerras, Maj RE. Endorsed: '1786'. Pencilled additions made in 1828 reverse the compass indicator and show the Colonial hospital and a proposed magazine. Extracted from papers relating to a proposed gunpowder magazine at Port Royal.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 53.1 cm x 101.1 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1200
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3572
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561841/
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