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2 copies of each of 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Gibraltar: (17,...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1256/15-22

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This record is about the 2 copies of each of 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Gibraltar: (17,... dating from 1866-1919 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference

MR 1/1256/15-22

Date

1866-1919

Description

2 copies of each of 4 sheets of the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Gibraltar: (17, 21) sheet I, (15, 22) sheet II, (16, 19) sheet III, (18, 20) sheet IV. Surveyed in 1866; revised 1905-1906; this edition further revised by the War Department and printed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1908-1909; sheets I, III and IV corrected to 1914. Each sheet marked: 'For War Department purposes only' and 'Strictly Confidential'. MS additions, coloured, to all items, showing pipes and cables for electrical installations; those on (15-18) also showing defence works. Items (19-22) originally accompanied Station Letter C R Gibraltar number 5430 (C E) to the Secretary, War Office, 7 August 1919; this letter was destroyed under section 6 of the Public Records Act 1958.

Items MR 1/1256/3-4 are indexes to the sheets of this map.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Dimensions

64 cm x 96 cm

Map scale

1:2500

Physical condition

Printed

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2018-2019
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442969/

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