Suffolk-Felixstowe-1784
CBTM:
22160
Map Date:
1784
Repository reference:
Suffolk RO [Ipswich] HA 119:435
Historic county:
Suffolk
Town name:
Felixstowe
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TM302344
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TM 2833
Map title:
'A plan of the parishes of Felixstow, Walton, Trimlies... lying within the Lordships of the Hon. George Nassau Esqr. Drawn from the actual survey of John Kirby made in the years, 1740 & 41. Isaac Johnson Delinr. 1784.'
Comments on map:
Volume of plans. The index, which suggests planimetric wonkiness, is dated 1823. Areas not part of the Nassau estates are not mapped in detail.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
John Kirby [sv], Isaac Johnson [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30.5 x 44.0 [approximate: x 17, + index and reference sheets].
Number of parts:
17
Legends:
other: 'Notes' at start: include buildings shown upside down as 'wasted'.
Colouring:
roads, water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
East Suffolk RO A.53/1, shelf AV.2 [1740-1: volume of surveys of Felixstowe, &c, surveyed by John Kirby in 1740-1]; East Suffolk RO HD 1899/1 [1784]; East Suffolk RO HA 119:435 [1784: Johnson].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Decorative title: rural scene with sheep and cow companionably lying down together.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping.
Ordnance Survey's
1879-80
1:2500
1:10,560
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