Suffolk-Ipswich-1783 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18779

Map Date:

1783

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/9

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Ipswich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM165445

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 1646

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Ipswich.'

Comments on map:

Inset on Hodskinson's Suffolk, 1783. Designed to look like a pinned-on piece of paper, with heavy south-and-east 'shading'.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Joseph Hodskinson [sv], William Faden [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.5 x 33.5 [max].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5200(1), BOL C17 a.9, CUL Maps R.a.31, Maps.C.86.78.2, Atlas.2.78.7, TNA [PRO] MPH 1/301, TNA [PRO] T72/9 [1783]; CUL Maps.b.86.82.3 [1820: ed 2]; RGS Eng & Wales D.68 (reduced photo at portfolio 116); East Suffolk RO MC4/170-1; East Suffolk RO 18322-3; East Suffolk RO 65259; BOL (E) C17:56(31), East Suffolk RO R.49796/1 [Suffolk Record Soc, Vol XV, 1972].

Industry:

ship yards, textiles

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560