Oxfordshire-Oxford-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22133

Map Date:

? 1831

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(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:

'University and City of Oxford.'

Comments on map:

Appears to have been folded in a book. '1831' pencilled on: looks plausible.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

H. Slatter, Oxford [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.3 x 20.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(64) [1831]; BL 10362.a.50 [1848: pb. H. Slatter, in The Oxford University and City Guide]; BOL J.Maps 279 [38], G.A.Oxon 8o 1221 [1849: Slatter guide]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 1514, G.A.Gen.Top. 8o 881 [1852: Slatter guide]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 1190 [1859: pb Slatter & Rose].

Industry:

paper/print

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, Old Fortifications, City Wall.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560