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33 items extracted from WO 55/1550/3. Plans and sections of fortifications in the...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/163
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This record is about the 33 items extracted from WO 55/1550/3. Plans and sections of fortifications in the... dating from 1842 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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- MPH 1/163
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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33 items extracted from WO 55/1550/3. Plans and sections of fortifications in the Channel Islands. In Guernsey: Hougue à la Perre; Mont Arrivé Battery; Mount Crevet Tower and Battery; Vale Castle; Fort Doyle; Fort le Marchant; Fort Pembroke; L'Ancresse Bay (right battery); Vardes Tower; Rousse Battery and Tower; Grand Roque Battery; Fort Houmette; Vazon Bay (right centre battery); Le Croque Point Battery; Fort Saumarez; Rocquaine Castle or Fort Grey; Fort Pézerie; St. Clear's Battery, Petit Bot Bay; Saints Bay (right battery); Bec du Nez Battery; Fermain Point (centre battery); Fermain Point Battery; and Fort George. In Alderney: Longy lines (showing batteries); Le Mesurier's Battery; Canards [Le Quenard] Point Battery; Rings Battery; Château à l'Etoc Battery; Rozel Battery; Braye Battery; Gros Nez Battery; Roque Tourgis Battery; Clonque Battery. All drawn by G F Mann, Lt RE, 1842, to illustrate report by Col Cardew and Lt Col Moody, RE, on the defences of Guernsey and Alderney.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entries 2361 and 2385
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