Maps of Copdock and Washbrook

Maps of Copdock and Washbrook

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A Coloured Chart of the Coast of Essex and Suffolk, from the Naze to Bawdsey

This is a chart showing Essex and Suffolk from the Naze to Bawdsey showing the course of the Stour, Orwell, and Deben. It is thought to date from between 1539 and 1544. It shows miniaturized views of towns such as Ipswich and Harwich against a generalized green landscape of fields and occasional trees. The coast line and waterways are the main preoccupation of the cartographer as he has carefully recorded areas of sand in pink with stippled markings, and at certain points the depths of the water at low tide in area is noted. The cartographer is Richard Cavendish, whose family home in Suffolk is indicated. Richard Cavendish was a master gunner who had supervised new defence works at Berwick and Wark in 1522-3. It is thought that this map was based on a survey that Cavendish was paid to undertake in 1523. The date exact date of the map is uncertain. It could date from around 1538-9, a period characterised by the threat of invasion after a peace treaty was signed by Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain in 1538. England and France were ancient enemies and the catholic Charles V, nephew of Catherine of Aragon, was angered by Henry VIII’s decision to divorce her. However, the presence of a scale bar in the bottom right corner suggests a date of post 1540. In 1543 war with France resumed and England was threatened by invasion once again. This map may be related to a large map which is referred to in Henry VIII’s inventory of 1547-80 the description of parte of Suffolke, Essexe and London painted upon clothe’ Cavendish, Richard
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Colchester (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Colchester (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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TM23 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM13 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM12 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM22 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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Orwell Haven

This is a map of Orwell Haven, Essex. It is thought to date from1543. It shows proposed fortifications at the mouth of Harwich harbour which were not built. The forts are shown in plan form and have seem to be measured plans, recording details such as the splayed external opening of embrasures and the curved internal space for a man to stand. In this they contrast with the loose pictorial style of the rest of the map. The forts comprise a central fort with a curtain wall with bastions at each corner. The fort at Lagner Point has angular bastions in the Italian style perhaps revealing the influence of the Italian military engineers employed by Henry VIII in the 1540’s. The advantage of angle bastions is that they provide fire power outwards and flanking power along the walls so that no blind spots exist, enabling defenders to cover all the surrounding ground. The concern with the defensive capabilities of Orwell Haven and other coastal area at this date was due to the resumption of hostilities between England and France 1542. The map is the work of Richard Lee, a mason by trade was worked as a surveyor on fortification schemes in England and English territory in France. It is probable that this map was intended for personal explanation by Lee to Henry VIII. Lee, Richard
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Essex XXI - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex XXX - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex XX - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex XXIX - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXXVIII - OS Six-Inch Map

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TM33 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM24 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM14 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM03 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM34 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TM02 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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Essex nXXI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXXI.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXXI.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXXI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXL.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXL.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXX.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXX.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXX.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXX.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXX.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Essex nXXX.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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