Suffolk-Bury St Edmunds-1747
CBTM:
20629
Map Date:
1747
Repository reference:
BLML *5250 (1)
Historic county:
Suffolk
Town name:
Bury St Edmunds
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL853642
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 8866
Map title:
'... Survey of the borough of Saint Edmund's Bury...'
Comments on map:
Much more refined than Downing, 1740/61 [Exeter 20623].
Scale:
1:2614
Map-maker:
Thos Warren [sv, dr], R. Collins [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
95.0 x 69.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Chantries [St Johns cross].
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: Public building interiors shown in plan.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Churches with piers.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5250(1); CUL Maps.bb.86.74.1, East Suffolk RO MC 6/56, R.18675; [East Suffolk RO says published on a reduced scale in official guide to Bury St Edmunds, 1970]; [1776] BLML K.Top.39(12) [roll], BOL Gough Maps Suffolk 14, West Suffolk RO P.569, West Suffolk RO 373/17 [extract].
Industry:
lime/cement: [Limekilns circular, but with smoke].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Antiquities:
Charnel Chapel, Abbey Exchequer, Abbey Gate, Abbey Vineyard, Abbots Palace, Dormitory, Refectuary [sic], Brew House and Stables of Abbot: abbey church shown in plan.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Earl of Bristol's house].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Round dedication and some arms.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Left and right: nine views of notable buildings; maces below dedication.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Numerous pictorial animals in fields; Pound.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: 46 of individuals, the lords being larger than the others.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Alderman, Recorder, Capital Burgesses, Town Clerk and Burgesses of the Common Council [sic].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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