Oxfordshire-Oxford-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18411

Map Date:

1.2.1808

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

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:

'Oxford'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. Unusually for this series of maps, there is no mention of the director of the work.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards: Including Christ Church Walk.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, Montagu Illustr.41, J.Maps 279 [33] & [34], G.A.Oxon a.41(46), OxCL MP 143, RGS 7.E.7 [originals]; BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 668/XLI, G.A.Oxon a.41(45) [1901: in Studies in Oxford History, pb Oxford Historical Society]; BOL c17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

paper/print: Printg Hou.

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Antiquities:

Remains of the Trenches, Monastic remains.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: Oxford from London road.

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, university colleges, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560