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
26 sheets of maps and drawings of defences for the Niagara District, originally enclosed...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/902/38-40and44-66
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This record is about the 26 sheets of maps and drawings of defences for the Niagara District, originally enclosed... dating from 1841 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 1/902/38-40and44-66
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841
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Description (What the record is about)
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26 sheets of maps and drawings of defences for the Niagara District, originally enclosed in Lt Colonel Oldfield's letter of 4 October 1841. (38) 'Plan of Ground at Niagara in the Vicinity of Fort Mississuaga'. Scale: 7.33 inches to 1,100 yards [1:1,800]. Compass indicator. (Signed) Vincent Biscoe, Capt RE, 24 August 1841. (39) 'Fort Mississauga': plan showing barracks and other buildings. Scale: 5.25 inches to 210 feet [1:480]. (Signed) A H Freeling. Lt RE. (40) 'Fort Mississauga': sections. (Signed) A H Freeling. Lt RE. (44) 'Burlington Heights General Plan of Proposed Defensible Cantonment'. Reference table to buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 35 yards. Compass indicator. (45) 'Plan Section and Elevation of the proposed Soldiers Barrack at Burlington Heights'. (46) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Officers Barrack': plans, section and elevation. (47) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Officers Barrack & Barrack Store &c.': floor plans (48) 'Burlington Heights Plan of Proposed Commissariat & Ordnance Stores'. (49) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Hospital for 84 Patients': plans section and elevation. (50) 'Burlington Heights Plan of a Powder Magazine to contain 1,440 Barrels'. (51) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Guard Houses': plans, elevations and section. (52) Plan and section of non-commissioned officers' and soldiers' privies, Burlington Heights. (53) Plan and sections of proposed privies, Burlington Heights. (54) 'Plan Section & Elevation of a Canteen and Privy Proposed for the Barracks at Burlington Heights'. (55) Plan, Elevation, and Section of a proposed Cook-House and Wash-House for Burlington Barracks'. (56) 'Proposed Prison for Burlington Heights': plans, sections and elevation. (57) 'Proposed Bakery Burlington Heights': plan, section and elevations. (58) 'Plan Section and Elevation of proposed Straw Store & Engine House Burlington Heights'. (59) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Tank': plan and sections. (60) 'Proposed Stable for 12 Officers Horses. Burlington Heights: plan, sections and elevation. (61) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Regimental Magazine Capable of holding 100 Barrels': plan and section. (62) 'Musket Proof loopholed Fence round defensible Cantonment': plan, section and elevation. (63) 'Plan of the Line across the Isthmus for the protection of the Defensible Barracks. Burlington Heights'. With sections and elevation. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. (64) 'Burlington Heights Proposed Guard House for the advanced Lines': plan, elevation and section. (65) 'Plan of Chippawa shewing... the site for the proposed Tower'. Scale: 10.5 inches to 700 yards. Compass indicator. Signed by H A White, Lt RE. (66) Sections relating to (65). Each sheet is signed by J Oldfield, Lt Colonel CRE.
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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)
- MPH 1/902/38-40 and 44-66
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1800
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093416/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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64 items (numbered 1-40, 44-66 and 69) extracted from WO 44/37. Maps and plans of...
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