Oxfordshire-Oxford-1661 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21374

Map Date:

[1661]

Repository reference:

BL 796.a.5

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Oxford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP513063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5206

Map title:

'Oxonium. Oxford.'

Comments on map:

In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 242. Marked lack of text: colleges shown but not identified.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

[R. Hermannidae [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.5 x 10.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown, orchards: Orchards might be gardens.

Known copies of map:

BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen. Top. 93, G.A. Oxon a.41(25), CUL Syn.8.66.24.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Blank 'scroll', at bottom of map.

Arms and heraldry:

university colleges, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560