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Material Type Maps and Plans Level [32] Fonds

21. IOR/X

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X
Title:
India Office reference collection of maps
Scope & Content:
The X sequence of India Office maps covers entries in the original 1878 published catalogue (X/1- 4999), maps entered in margins or on interleaves in Catalogue source R, a copy of the 1878 catalogue with room for additions to be added (X/9000-10999), maps subsequently identified in the collection...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
c 70,000 items

22. TRIG

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG
Title:
War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
Scope & Content:
Survey materials and their derivatives used in the compilation and revision of maps to support the geographical requirements of the United Kingdom government and armed forces. The library primarily comprises survey control items including surveyors' field observations, computations, grid and gra...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-2nd half of 20th century
Extent:
77 boxes comprising survey observation books, maps, foolscap folios and technical reports

23. WOA

Reference (shelfmark):
WOA
Title:
War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
Scope & Content:
Source material used for making and revising maps, or created in the course of map production. Supporting the topographical intelligence requirements of the United Kingdom government and armed forces, the archive primarily comprises cartographic items including sketch maps done by intelligence of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1955
Extent:
400 map trays and 150 boxes of foolscap pages, approximately