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