Oxfordshire-Oxford-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22125

Map Date:

[1831]

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 65

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 new and improved map of the University and City of Oxford. Drawn and Engraved for Oxford Delineated'.

Comments on map:

f.p.23 [following transcript of Agas map], in Oxford Delineated, Oxford: J. Whessell and T. Bartlett, 1831. Most of the buildings are identified by a letterpress table on pp 22-5 of the book, enabling identification both on the Agas map and the modern one. Scale of modern map may be 'wonky' at edges: cf St Clements area.

Scale:

1:9900*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.5 x 19.2 [map: plate 26.3 x 19.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Christchurch is pictorial.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 65, Manning 4o 29, J.Maps 279[42], [43], G.A.Oxon a.41(57).

Industry:

paper/print

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Castle ruins, City Wall.

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