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War Office, Directorate of Works and predecessors: Army Establishments: Plans and...
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| Reference | WORK 43 |
|---|---|
| Title | War Office, Directorate of Works and predecessors: Army Establishments: Plans and Drawings |
| Date | 1713-1998 |
| Description | This series contains plans and drawings of army barracks, depots, forts, batteries and other military structures. The bulk of the plans date from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with only a handful of earlier or later material. |
| Related material |
Other plans and drawings of fortifications are in WO 78 For Ministry of Defence, Defence Lands Service and predecesors Registered Files (CLAV series), see also DEFE 51 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Commander-in-Chief, Military Department, Works Division, 1887-1895 Ministry of Defence, 1947 Ministry of Defence, Defence Geographic Centre, 2000-2022 Ordnance Office, Board of Ordnance, 1683-1855 War Office, Barrack Department, 1807-1822 War Office, Barrack Office, 1793-1807 War Office, Fortifications Branch, 1855-1862 War Office, Master General of the Ordnance, Directorate of Fortifications and Works, 1904-1927 War Office, Quarter Master General, Directorate General of Works, 1959-1963 War Office, Quarter Master General, Directorate of Fortifcations and Works, 1935-1959 War Office, Quarter Master General, Directorate of Works, 1927-1935 War Office, Works Department, 1862-1870 War Office, Works Department, 1895-1904 War Office, Works Division, 1870-1887 |
| Physical description | 2125 flat sheets and rolls |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 1968 Ministry of Public Building and Works |
| Custodial history | These files were inherited by the Ministry of Public Building and Works from the War Office Directorate of Works in 1963. It is likely that they were regarded as of primarily historical interest by that date. |
| Accruals | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The Defence Geographic Centre was established as a business unit within the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency (DGIA), which was formed in 2000. By 2020 the DGIA had been reorganised on four occasions and is presently the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence of which the DGC forms the Foundation Geospatial-Intelligence pillar (NCGI-F) alongside Analysis (NCGI-A), Technology (NCGI-T) and field deployable force elements (NCGI-D). |
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