Suffolk-Ipswich-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22177

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

Suffolk RO [Ipswich] DA 1/1/2

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.'

Comments on map:

Dating by style, which can hardly be earlier than 1840: no boundaries shown.

Scale:

1:19,008*

Map-maker:

Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.5 x 46.7

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): Numerous.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Rural ones pictorial, urban ones simply as 'Matthew', 'Peter', etc.

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Woodland:

shown: Same as parks.

Public/administrative boundaries:

liberty, boundary markers

Known copies of map:

East Suffolk RO DA 1/1/2.

Industry:

food/drink, ship yards

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground: Same as wood.

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Road mileages.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560