Norfolk-Thetford-1807 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22164

Map Date:

1807

Repository reference:

Suffolk RO [Ipswich] MC 4/75

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Thetford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL871831

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 8783

Map title:

'A plan of the ancient town of Thetford. Drawn by G.B. Burrell. A.D.1807.'

Comments on map:

Looks more like 1847: lithographed by Silvester for John Bidwell F.S.A.

Scale:

1:3960*

Map-maker:

G.B. Burrell [dr], R.W. Silvester & Co. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.7 x 39.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries: Not present in this copy.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Norwich Library Box XXX, 3.50, Suffolk RO (Ipswich) MC 4/75.

Industry:

lime/cement, paper/print, textiles

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Antiquities:

Monastic ruins, sites of churches and market, Castle Hill.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts].

Commons:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Top centre].

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Not complete in built-up part.

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560