Suffolk-Aldeburgh-1779 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22902

Map Date:

1779

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS.15533, fo. 33 ['65']

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Aldeburgh

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM465568

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 4257

Map title:

'Plan of the encampment at Aldborough in Suffolk from 23d. June, to 22d. Novr. 1779.'

Comments on map:

In volume of plans of 'Encampments and Dispositions of the Army in Great Britain from 1778 to 1782': standard 'Board of Ordnance' style, but all appear to originate from the Quarter-Master General's Department.

Scale:

1:7200

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.3 x 16.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Rural land-use shown; encampment distinctly coloured.

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Site of camp.

Known copies of map:

BL Add. MS.15533, fo. 33 ['65'].

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Dedicee of map:

[Volume:] The King.

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:2500

1:10,560