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Oxfordshire-Oxford-1763

CBTM:
22399
Map Date:
? 1763
Repository reference:
BL 731.a.8
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 and university of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1763 in BLML catalogue; f.t.p. in A Gentleman of Oxford, The new Oxford guide, 3rd edition, Oxford: Fletcher, Parker, London: Fletcher, n.d. Exeter 22399, 22400 and 22401 are all very similar to each other. Scale about 3.2 inches to 1 mile (1:19,800). Bottom right is a note that, excluding the university, there are 1814 houses and 8292 inhabitants.
Scale:
1:19,800
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.0 x 14.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings both pictorial and 'shaky'.
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Part of old fortifications.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 731.a.8, BOL Douce O 63 [1763: 3rd ed]; BOL G.A. Oxon 16o 38 [1764: 3rd ed]; BL 10351.aaa.36 [?1765]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 349 [1765: 4th ed]; BOL G.A.Gen.Top. 16o 300, G.A.Oxon 8o 175(1), Johnson f 1509 [1768: 5th ed]; BL 731.b.24(1) [1770.c]; BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 175(2) [1771: 6th ed]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 347, A.A.Oxon a.41(42a) [1775-6: 6th ed]; BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 14 [1775-7: 6th ed]; BL 731.b.24(2) [1777.c]; BOL Douce O 90 [1777: 6th ed].
Industry:
paper/print
Gardens:
shown, physic gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Antiquities:
Monastic remains, Fryer Bacon's Study.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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