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1 item (enclosure to Governor's despatch of 11 May 1847) extracted from WO 1/572...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/825
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Governor's despatch of 11 May 1847) extracted from WO 1/572... dating from 1847 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 1/825
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Governor's despatch of 11 May 1847) extracted from WO 1/572 (folio 327). Plan of Fort Thornton, Freetown, Sierra Leone, showing the original state of the grounds before enclosure. Inset section through the fall of ground between Government House and the military road. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. Submitted to Earl Grey by the Governor, in answer to accusations by the Ordnance Storekeeper of encroachments on Ordnance lands.
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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 cm x 56 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:600
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- 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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2345
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562632/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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