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Two sheets of drawings of a proposed storehouse for the new gun wharf at Portsmouth,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/586
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This record is about the Two sheets of drawings of a proposed storehouse for the new gun wharf at Portsmouth,... dating from 1811 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 1/586
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1811
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two sheets of drawings of a proposed storehouse for the new gun wharf at Portsmouth, Hampshire. (1) Elevation and section, with overlay. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (2) Plan and elevation. Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet. Both signed by John Evelegh, CRE, 14 September 1811, to accompany his letter to Lt General Mann. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 41 cm x 51.3 cm; (2) 48.8 cm x 89.2 cm.
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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 78/1887
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- Public Record(s)
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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), entry 1792
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562393/
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