Suffolk-Ipswich-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21378

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Ipswich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM165445

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 1646

Map title:

'Ipswiche. Ipswich.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 270. Marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 11.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Industry:

textiles: [Tenters by river].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Relief:

'molehills'

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Shipping in river. Cattle in fields.

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560