Oxfordshire-Oxford-1797 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18562

Map Date:

1.8.1797

Repository reference:

University of Exeter, Department of Geography

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:

Recorded from facsmile issued by Philip Riden, Oxford, in 1975. Inset on Davis's 1:31,680 map of Oxfordshire, surveyed in 1793-4, and is the original of the reduced version recorded at Exeter 18561.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

Richard Davis, Lewknor [sv], J.Cary [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

85.7 x 82.5 [irregular].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, warehousing, wharf

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): All pictorial, and some rather wonky: an odd effect on a 'precision-look' map.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: City wall fragmentary.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover: Including Christ Church Walk.

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML K.34.7.5 Tab.End, Maps 11.e.19, BOL C17:49 a.1, Gough Maps Oxfordshire 19, C17 a.8, CUL Atlas.2.79.3, RGS 1.C.95 [1797]; BOL (E)C17:49 (239), CUL Atlas.1.97.18 [1975: P. Riden].

Industry:

paper/print, textiles: Printing Office.

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Music Room [pictorial, exceptionally].

Antiquities:

Remains of fortifications and trenches, monastic remains.

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

High Bridge is pictorial.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560