Suffolk-Bury St Edmunds-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22736

Map Date:

1820

Repository reference:

West Suffolk RO M.529

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Bury St Edmunds

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL853642

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 8866

Map title:

'A new map of the borough of Bury St Edmunds by H. Boileau. 1820.'

Comments on map:

Not at all well penned, but might be a draft for a map to be published.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

H. Boileau [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.7 x 20.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water: Roads pinkish, buildings ochre.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary: Various 'barns'.

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

misc.: Depot.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover: [Avenue].

Known copies of map:

West Suffolk RO M.529.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Antiquities:

Abbey Gate, Abbey grounds.

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560