Suffolk-Ipswich-1867 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22170

Map Date:

1867

Repository reference:

Suffolk RO [Ipswich] MC 4/58

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:

'Map of Ipswich chief town and port in the county of Suffolk ...'

Comments on map:

Title goes on to describe the town's situation and to list its public buildings: area 'within the margin lines' noted as 3000 acres, bottom right, above author and date. Not very much text.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

Edw White, Surveyor, Ipswich [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.0 x 60.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Fairly detailed.

Mills:

windmills, (unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, College of Heralds, misc: Probate Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Ipswich(2), CUL Maps.86,86.1, Maps.bb.86.86.4; East Suffolk RO MC 3/7, 3/8 (photos); East Suffolk RO MC 4/57-58; East Suffolk RO JA 1/22/3 [photo].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain: Works, Factory.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Freehold Land Society].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Proposed Road.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

distance circles: 1 mile from Corn Hill.

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground

Stated measuerments:

spot heights, other: Datum of heights is 3ft above sill of Lock Gate. Note in river: 'Harwich Harbour 10 Miles'.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1880-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560