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Caption: An Accurate Map
of the County of
Suffolk
Divided in to its
HUNDREDS, Drawn from Survey & Illustrated
with Historical Extracts relative
to its Natural Produce, Trade &
Manufactures: Describing also the
Church Livings, Charity Schools & etc.
with several other
considerable Improvements
by Eman. Bowen.
Geog. to His Majesty

The County of Suffolk is Divided into 22 Hundreds, returns 16 Members to Parliament, has 7 Borough and 28 Market Towns, 575 Parishes and about 34422 houses; contains a computation of 995,000 acres of Lands, is about 165 miles in Circumference, being 62 miles in length and 28 in breadth.

The air of this County is clear and wholesome, and that even near the Sea, the beach on the Shore, being generally Sandy and Shelty which is the reason that so many considerable Market Towns are situated on the Sea Coast of this County, all of them well peopled.

The County is also well Water'd with Rivers, some of which being Navigatable for many Miles, are of great advantage to the Trading Towns, which lie near them.

The soil is very fertile. The Eastern parts, called Low Suffolk, are Hilly, Sandy and bleak; yet being tilled produce plenty of Rye, Pease, Branke, and Hemp; also Plenty of Turnups, of which great numbers of Sheep and Oxen are fatted for London Market. High Suffolk contains all the rest of the County, which generally is a compound of Marl and Clay; tis fruitful of all sorts of Grain. The Butter made here in great quantities is incomparable. They have no Coal Mines, but plenty of Wood for Firing.

The River Waveny is Navigatable for small Vessels from Beckles to Yarmouth, which contributes greatly to the Trade of the former.

Alice's Note- There is a list of "Seats of Nobility" but no one is listed for the Lowestoft area. The same with the section headed "Earls and Dukes of Suffolk", which is a historical accounting of the lineage. If anyone is interested in these sections and can't use the large map version, please email me.