Suffolk-Ipswich-1812 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18795

Map Date:

17.9.1812

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/9

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Ipswich

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM165445

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 1646

Map title:

'A map of the liberties of Ipswich in the county of Suffolk, as ascertained by a perambulation performed by the baliffs and other members of the Corporation, September 17th. 1812.'

Comments on map:

Situational and statistical notes below title. TNA [PRO] copy is 'complete', without any engraving imprint: mapmaker inconspicuous in title. Scale measured as 3.25 inches to 1 mile (1:19,495).

Scale:

1:19,495

Map-maker:

John Bransby [sv].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.5 x 52.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, boundaries, land-use, decorative: Hand-coloured.

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (symbol): Wind by symbol.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

liberty

Known copies of map:

East Suffolk RO HE8/2652/7, East Suffolk RO MC4/54, East Suffolk RO C.14.5, TNA [PRO] T72/9, T72/13.

Industry:

ship yards

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Circular, abstract leaves.

Borders:

decorative: Infilled salmon-pink.

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560