Suffolk-Bury St Edmunds-1823 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22737

Map Date:

1823

Repository reference:

West Suffolk RO Ac.586/1

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:

'Plan of the borough of Bury Saint Edmunds in the County of Suffolk. J.G. Lenny Surv 1823.'

Comments on map:

Size suggests that may have been intended as a book illustration.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

J.G. Lenny, Surv. [author], Sidy Hall, Bury Strt, Bloomsbury [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 24.3 [map: plate 21.5 x 27.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary: Named barns.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

West Suffolk RO 586/1; West Suffolk RO 373/19.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Octagon Tower & Ruin, Abbey Gate, Abbey Grounds, Saxon Tower [by St James].

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: 'Ground plan of Bury Gaol', 1:1020, with letters identifying the various rooms; bottom centre: Saxon Tower [of St James's: really Norman].

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: ['Principal Inns'].

Miscellaneous religious group:

Mausoleum.

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560