Suffolk-Sudbury-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22747

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

West Suffolk RO EE 501/6/163

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Sudbury

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TL871423

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 8946

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1841 or earlier in West Suffolk RO cards. Purpose unclear, but similar treatment to the 1815 map [Exeter 22745]. Fields numbered: no cadaster.

Scale:

1:2376*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

146 x 150

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.: Mostly frontages only.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

West Suffolk RO EE 501/6/163.

Gardens:

shown: [Probably incomplete].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: large drawing 'Sudbury from Ballingdon Hill'.

Borders:

decorative: Coloured band.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Careful attention to arable and grass, as on Exeter 22745.

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560