Oxfordshire-Oxford-1733
CBTM:
19676
Map Date:
1733
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 183.q.1.(25)
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:
'Nova & accuratissima celeberrimae universitatis civitatisque Oxoniensis ichnographia MDCCXXXIII.'
Comments on map:
References to colleges in both English and Latin; those to churches and non-university public buildings are in English only.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
William Williams [author], Toms [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.0 x 45.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Varying degrees of generalisation.
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Education and academic:
misc, further educational/colleges: The Publick Schools.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 183.q.1(25), BOL Gough Maps Oxfordshire 10, G.A.Fol.B.33,33*, G.A.Oxon a.41(31), CUL Maps.BB.81.73.1, OxCL MP 140.
Industry:
paper/print: [Printing House].
Gardens:
shown, physic gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
etc, libraries/newsrooms, museums, theatres
Antiquities:
Fryer Bacon's Study, Ruins of fortifications.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: 'Scroll' round dedication, references on 'altars'.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, university colleges
Dedicee of map:
[in Latin:] Henry Hyde of Cornbury, and George Clarke, L.L.D.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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