Oxfordshire-Oxford-1844 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20633

Map Date:

? 1844

Repository reference:

Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP145C 3

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:

'Plan of the University and City of Oxford.'

Comments on map:

Dating by Oxford Library. Fisher is bottom left, Le Keux is bottom right.

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

J. Fisher, J. Le Keux [?].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 15.0 [mapped area: 28.5 x 15.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 732.i.10-12, BOL J.Maps 279[35], G.A.Oxon 8o 20, G.A. Oxon a.41(55a) [1837: in James Ingram, Memorials of the city of Oxford]; Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 145 [1844]; BOL G.A. Oxon 8o 55, G.A.Oxon 16o 150, J.Maps 279[37] [1847: J.H. Parker [pb], in A handbook for visitors to Oxford]; Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MC 3 [post-1850]; Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies 174 [?1856]; Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 175 [1856]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 56, BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 647 [1858: in J.H. & J. Parker [pb]: Plan of the university & city of Oxford, c.1:20,000, in A handbook for visitors to Oxford

Industry:

paper/print

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: Including college gardens.

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Antiquities:

Abbey remains.

Monuments:

memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560