Maps from the 16th, 17th 18th Century
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Great Bradley Map of 1575
This was the first printed map of Suffolk. Great Bradley is shown towards the top left as Bradley mag (magna, from the Latin meaning Great). |
Great Bradley Map of 1603- 1605
The main point about this map from our point of view it is that it shows Little Bradley but not Great Bradley!
The map is from Map of Suffolk from Pieter Van den Keere's miniature County Atlas of the British Isles, dating from c.1603-10. Van den Keere was a refugee who came to England, with his sister, to escape religious persecution in the Low Countries between 1570-1590. After their arrival Van den Keere's sister married the map maker Jodocus Hondius, a fellow refugee, and it is likely that it was from his brother in law that Van den Keere then learnt cartography and engraving. This atlas contains maps of the English and Welsh counties, the regions of Scotland and the Irish provinces. The maps of England and Wales were based on those of Christopher Saxton who had published an atlas in 1579.
The colour picture is taken from the British Museum collection and the black and white is image is a close up. Little Bradley is shown as Bradley pva
The map is from Map of Suffolk from Pieter Van den Keere's miniature County Atlas of the British Isles, dating from c.1603-10. Van den Keere was a refugee who came to England, with his sister, to escape religious persecution in the Low Countries between 1570-1590. After their arrival Van den Keere's sister married the map maker Jodocus Hondius, a fellow refugee, and it is likely that it was from his brother in law that Van den Keere then learnt cartography and engraving. This atlas contains maps of the English and Welsh counties, the regions of Scotland and the Irish provinces. The maps of England and Wales were based on those of Christopher Saxton who had published an atlas in 1579.
The colour picture is taken from the British Museum collection and the black and white is image is a close up. Little Bradley is shown as Bradley pva
Great Bradley Map of 1610
In this map of 1610 Great Bradley is shown near the left as 'Bradley Mag' meaning Bradley Magna
Great Bradley Map 1719
This is the earliest detailed map of the village that we have. It was made in 1719 to record the land ownership of Joseph Brooksbank. He became a Freeman of the City of London in 1681, an Assistant of The Haberdashers’ Company in 1706, and its Master for 1718-9.
That he was prosperous and a promising young man is evidenced by his marriage in 1679 to Mary, daughter of Richard Stamp, merchant, of The City and of Reading, and niece of the Thomas Stamp who became Lord Mayor in 1691.
The green triangle at the centre of the map is known as Pound Green and is now the junction of Evergreen Lane and The Street opposite Yew Tree Cottage. Only a few buildings are shown on this map.
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That he was prosperous and a promising young man is evidenced by his marriage in 1679 to Mary, daughter of Richard Stamp, merchant, of The City and of Reading, and niece of the Thomas Stamp who became Lord Mayor in 1691.
The green triangle at the centre of the map is known as Pound Green and is now the junction of Evergreen Lane and The Street opposite Yew Tree Cottage. Only a few buildings are shown on this map.
To see the whole map and view a detailed copy click here
Great Bradley Map of 1767
This is a fantastically detailed map showing the size (in acres, rods and poles) and the names of the different packets of land belonging to the main farms and landowners in Great Bradley.
To view the whole map in detail click here
To view the whole map in detail click here
Great Bradley Map of 1787
Bradley Pava (Little Bradley) is shown on this map, but not Great Bradley
Great Bradley Map 1783
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Joseph Hodskinson’s map of Suffolk, published in 1783, was one of a large series of English County maps produced in the second half of the 18th century by entrepreneurial surveyors, engravers and cartographic publishers.
Printed usually at a scale of one inch to the mile, these maps were often the first serious attempt to record English topographical detail, using improved surveying techniques and instruments. Many of the maps are historically important in that they were surveyed just before Parliamentary Enclosure irrevocably changed the rural landscape. Hodskinson’s Suffolk map is particularly unusual in that it was awarded a coveted gold medal by what came to be known as the Royal Society of Arts. For Great Bradley, it shows the location of a post mill and the location and tracks joing some lost farm buildings at Ever Green, at end of Ever Green Lane and at Long Acre near Kirtling. For a more detailed image click here |
Great Bradley Map of 1790
Map of 1790 showing part of Great Bradley and East Green. For Great Bradley, the map is the same as the 1783 one. This is the last map where Great Bradley is referred to as Bradley Mag[na] and Little Bradley as Parva (Latin for little).
