Oxfordshire-Bicester-1753 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20644

Map Date:

1753

Repository reference:

Oxon RO Bicester UDC XV/1

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Bicester

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP583223

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5723

Map title:

'A new map of the two manors of Bicester... plotted in... 1752 and drawn in...1753...'

Comments on map:

Clear-cut, but lack of text, and buildings may be generalised.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Thos Williams [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

167 x 109

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, owners

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

manor

Known copies of map:

Oxfordshire Archives Bicester UDC XV/1, 2 (two copies: photos at Photo 52/1-4 and 51/1-4 resply).

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Ordnance Survey's

1874-6

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560