Great Bradley Map of 1610
There are a number of old Suffolk maps showing the Great Bradley area. They are held in the records office for Hertfordshire (1719), Cambridgeshire (1767), St John's College (1793 & 1814) and West Suffolk (1842).
Maps of the manor lands of Great Bradley were surveyed and drawn for the Lord of the Manor, Joseph Brookesbank, in 1719, and again for Thomas Brand in 1767. The earlier St. John's map shows only their land, and it is not until the enclosure map of 1814 that the whole parish appears in detail on one map. The map in the West Suffolk Office is the Tithe-award map of 1842, recognising the conversion of tithes in kind (corn, beer etc) to money payment. There is an apportionment list as well giving details of areas, arable land, pasture and listing landowners, occupiers and tithe agreements.
The Ordnance Survey maps of Great Bradley have great detail from the 1885 edition onwards. The 25" to the mile map even shows individual trees.
In this map of 1610 Great Bradley is shown near the left as 'Bradley mag' meaning Bradley Magna
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