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Series
Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Bomb Census Maps
Catalogue reference: HO 193
What's it about?
HO 193
Maps, tracings, charts, plots, etc. showing exact locations of bombs, mines and rockets.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Home Security: Research and Experiments Department, Bomb Census Maps
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Maps, tracings, charts, plots, etc. showing exact locations of bombs, mines and rockets.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Home Security, Air Raid Precautions Department, Research and Experiments Branch, 1939-1940
- Ministry of Home Security, Research and Experiments Department, 1940-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 90 flat sheet(s)
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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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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Research
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9057/
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