Oxfordshire-Oxford-1761
CBTM:
18549
Map Date:
1761
Repository reference:
University of Exeter Geography Department
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:
'A plan of the city of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from facsimile published by Harry Margary, 1973, with introduction by Paul Laxton. Inset on index sheet to Rocque's map of Berkshire. Scale is a mean of the two scale bars: that of yards indicates 1 inch to about 290 yards [about 1:10,440], that of chains 1 inch to 12.5 chains [1:9900]. Includes description of city and notes on founders and dates of the colleges, as well as on the Physic Garden.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
[John Rocque [pb].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.2 x 17.6
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: 'Cunduit'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards: [Christ Church Walk].
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.7.29, BLML Maps 27.e.33, BOL C17 a.2, Gough Maps Berks.8, Gough Maps Berkshire 7, (E)C17:13(57), G.A.Oxon.a.41(37) [Oxford only], CUL Atlas.2.76.3, CUL Maps.c.51.76.1,2, RGS Eng & Wales S/D 143 [original]; BOL (E)C17:13 (62) [1973: Harry Margary].
Industry:
paper/print, textiles: Tanyard, Printing House.
Gardens:
shown, physic gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, misc: Music Room.
Antiquities:
Remains of trenches and fortifications, Abbey ruins.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Scroll round scale (marginal?).
Commons:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Dedicee of map:
King George III.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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