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Three sheets of drawings of Portsmouth, Hampshire. (1) Plan of the town and approaches,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/603
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This record is about the Three sheets of drawings of Portsmouth, Hampshire. (1) Plan of the town and approaches,... dating from 1813 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 1/603
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1813
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Three sheets of drawings of Portsmouth, Hampshire. (1) Plan of the town and approaches, showing proposed new entrance through the King's Ravelin. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet. (2) Plan of the new entrance through the King's Ravelin. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. (3) Plan, sections and elevations of proposed gateway and bridge. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. All originally drawn to accompany Major General Fisher's letter of 17 June 1813 to Lt General Mann. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 40.6 cm x 51.3 cm; (2) 40.4 cm x 49.8 cm; (3) 57.4 cm x 85.6 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 78/1945
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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 1794
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562410/
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