Suffolk-Ipswich-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22176

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

Suffolk RO [Ipswich] HD 477/13

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:

'Monson's one mile round Ipswich 1862.'

Comments on map:

Priced at 4s plain, 5s coloured, 8s in case, 8s 6d on rollers, which seem excessive.

Scale:

1:6480*

Map-maker:

Edwd Monson, Civil Engineer, Friar St, Ipswich [author, dr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.2 x 58.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings: Grey, hand-coloured.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Very vague.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, misc: Landing Stages.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

East Suffolk RO HD 477/13.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, oil/soap etc, textiles, uncertain: Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, passenger stations, misc: Railway Office.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Ancient House.

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Length of railway tunnel (360 yards).

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560