Oxfordshire-Oxford-1789 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22130

Map Date:

? 1789

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(42)

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 University and City of Oxford'.

Comments on map:

For A new pocket companion for Oxford, published 1780 onwards: BOL cards say this version is 1789. Note of population and number of houses, bottom right.

Scale:

1:19,800

Map-maker:

Kitchin & Barber [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.8 x 13.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 237 (1) [1782: pb D. Prince & J. Cooke, J.F. & C. Rivington]; BL 1494.d.10, 732.a.6, BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 929 [1783: pb as 1782]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 291 [1785: pb as 1782]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 344(2) [1787: pb D. Prince & J. Cooke]; BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 176(2), Gough Oxford 17(2) [1788: pb as 1787]; BL 732.b.6, BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 94, BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 176(3), G.A. Oxon a.41(37) [1789: pb as 1787]; BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 176(4) [1790: pb as 1787]; BOL G.A. Oxon 16o 176(1) [1794: pb J. Cooke]; BL 10352.a.13, BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 1179(1) [1795: pb J. Cooke]; BL 10351.b.63, BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 295 [1796: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 301 [1797: pb J. Cooke]; BL 10352.a.29, BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 45 [1799: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 345(1) [1800: pb J. Cooke]; BL 1607/3673, BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 123 (2) [1801: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A. Oxon 16o 205 [1802: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 123 (1), G.A.Oxon 8o 176(5) [1803: pb J. Cooke]; BL 1507/917, BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 225(2) [1805: new ed, pb. J.Cooke]; BOL G.A. Oxon 16o 29 [1806: pb J. Cooke]; BL 10350.aaa.28, BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 16 [1807: pb J. Cooke]; BL 1607/4045, BOL G.A. Oxon 16o 8 [1808: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 8*, G.A.Oxon 16o 191 [1809: pb J. Cooke]; BOL G.A.Oxon a.41(42b) [date uncertain].

Industry:

paper/print

Gardens:

shown: [Larger areas].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

[Shown: details not noted, but cf Exeter 22131].

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560