Oxfordshire-Oxford-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22401

Map Date:

? 1800

Repository reference:

BL 10351.aaa.64

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 circa 1800 in BLML catalogue; f.t.p. in A Gentleman of Oxford, The new Oxford guide, 11th edition, Oxford: Dawson, London: Newbury, Robinson, 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]:

18.5 x 13.5

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: ['The New Market'].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10351.aaa.64 [1800.c: ed 11]; BOL G.A.Oxon 16o 141 [1803: 12th ed, pb W. Dawson & Co.]; BL 10350.aaa.27 [1805.c: ed 11]; BL 579.c.54 [1810: 'ed 11']; BOL Johnson f.1510/1 [1810: 15th ed, pb W. Dawson]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 1179(2) [1813: 19th ed; pb J. Gosvenor & W. Hall].

Industry:

paper/print

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, Fryer Bacon's Study, part of old fortifications.

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560