Item
Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/206/1
Date: [19th century]
Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Item
Sierra Leone: Freetown. (22) 'Plan of Free-Town': shows Fort Thornton, hospital,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/896/22-24
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This record is about the Sierra Leone: Freetown. (22) 'Plan of Free-Town': shows Fort Thornton, hospital,... dating from 1827 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/896/22-24
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sierra Leone: Freetown. (22) 'Plan of Free-Town': shows Fort Thornton, hospital, parade ground, King Tom's Point. Reference table to military buildings. Scale: 1 inch to about 176 yards. Compass indicator. (23) 'Stables erected on Tower Hill': plan, elevations and sections. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Copied by George Clack, assistant engineer, 1 December 1826. (24) 'Plan of Fort Thornton in the Colony of Sierra Leone'. Reference table to buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. Signed by M Haffner, Colonial Engineer. All originally enclosed in Maj Gen Sir N Campbell's letter of 22 January 1827. Dimensions of sheets: (22) 51 cm x 70 cm; (23) 51 cm x 35 cm; (24) 61 cm x 94 cm.
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS; (22) and (23) are coloured
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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 2324
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093383/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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