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Suffolk-Bury St Edmunds-1761

CBTM:
20623
Map Date:
24.4.1761
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.39.11
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:
'A new and accurate plan of the ancient borough of Bury Saint Edmunds... by Alexander Downing 1740.'
Comments on map:
Surveyed 1740, published 1761.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Alexander Downing [sv, pb], W.H. Toms [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69.0 x 53.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public, etc, buildings mostly pictorial.
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type), (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Also Church Yard.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
town gates, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.39(11), BOL Gough Maps Suffolk 6, 7, CUL Maps.bb.86.76.2; East Suffolk RO MC 4/46; East Suffolk RO R.35839; [in A guide to the town, abbey & antiquities of Bury St Edmunds (1830)] West Suffolk RO HD 1390, p.9.
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
Abbey Grounds; pictorial ruins.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Titled residents].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Two: round title and dedication.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: [market] Cross; bottom right: Abbey Gate; top right: municipal regalia.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
Named.
Dedicee of map:
Alderman, Recorder, Capital Burgesses & Common Council [sic]'.
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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