Oxfordshire-Oxford-1751
CBTM:
20405
Map Date:
29.10.1751
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *4735 (10)
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:
'...University & City of Oxford... Plan...'
Comments on map:
Surveyed by Taylor in 1750. Cartouches to left and right contain statistical information.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Isaac Taylor [sv], G. Anderton [eng], W. Jackson, Printer, High St, Oxford [pb], R. Brookes, 5 Exeter Change, London [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
86.7 x 72.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: [Carfax Conduit].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps *4735(10), BOL Gough Maps Oxfordshire 12, 13, CUL Maps.AA.81.75.1, RGS Eng & Wales S.100.
Industry:
paper/print, textiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Abbey remains.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Several: restained rococco.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: town from Heddington Hill; top right: town from the Parks; bottom left: Radcliffe's Library; bottom right: Magdalen New Building.
Symbolic elements:
Direction pointer apparently on clouds with masts and sails protruding, being blown at by winds.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
university colleges, municipal
Dedicee of map:
Chancellor, Vice Chancellor & Heads of Colleges, High Steward, Mayor, Aldermen, &c.
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
You can download the pdf version of this map
here