Catalogue description War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Historic Gazetteers, 1914-1990

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Reference: WO 407
Title: War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Historic Gazetteers, 1914-1990
Description:

Alphabetical lists of place names relating to a specific map series for a country or geographical region. Compiled or reproduced by the Survey Services, these gazetteers cover mapping at a variety of scales including town plans.

Inhabited places, administrative units, and geographical features are listed alongside map series and sheet number, grid location references and/or latitude and longitude position.

The lists may also include references to former names, descriptions, directions, administrative details, and the functions of individual buildings.

Some gazetteers also contain index diagrams and a glossary of terms.
Date: 1914-1990
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Military Survey, 1964-

War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, Geographical Section, 1922-1939

War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, Geographical Section, 1939-1943

War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, Geographical Section General Staff, 1908-1922

War Office, Directorate of Military Survey, 1943-1964
Physical description: 127 papers and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2015 Ministry of Defence
Selection and destruction information: 3.1.2 external relations and defence
Accruals: Series is not accruing.

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