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'Map of the Island of Malta', showing terrain, roads, railways, buildings, place...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/156
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This record is about the 'Map of the Island of Malta', showing terrain, roads, railways, buildings, place... dating from 1897 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 1/156
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Map of the Island of Malta', showing terrain, roads, railways, buildings, place names. Reference table. Compass indicator. Two sheets: two copies of each. Sketched and compiled in 1895 by E M Woodward, Capt Leicestershire Regimentt, DAAG, under the direction of Gen Sir A J Lyon Fremantle. Detail based on triangulation executed for the six-inch map of the Malta Public Works Department. Coastline taken from Admiralty charts. Spelling of place names revised by N Vassallo, chief draughtsman, Public Works Department. Photozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897. Published on behalf of the War Office by Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, London. Stamped in the Intelligence Division, War Office, 7 June 1898.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1085; WO 38/115; WOD 115
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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)
- IDWO 1285 (Provisional Issue)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 71 cm x 43 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:31680
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561963/
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MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the War Office
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Within the series: MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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'Map of the Island of Malta', showing terrain, roads, railways, buildings, place...
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