Oxfordshire-Oxford-1644 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22148

Map Date:

13.11.1644

Repository reference:

BOL MS Top. Oxon 6.167

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Oxford

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP513063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5206

Map title:

'Plane of the Cittie of Oxford'.

Comments on map:

Explicitly noted as made on 13 November 1644. Scale of paces: if 60-inch ones assumed, then is about 1:10,800. The interest of the map is defensive rather than urban: not quite complete, as Christchurch is only pencilled in.

Scale:

1:5500*

Map-maker:

Sir B. Le gomme [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

73.2 x 48.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, decorative: Churches multi-coloured.

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Additional bastions, etc.

Known copies of map:

BOL MS.Top.Oxon b.167 [original]; BOL G.A. Oxon a.41(18) [photo].

Antiquities:

Fraierbacon Study.

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560