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Oxfordshire-Oxford-1850

CBTM:
20398
Map Date:
1850
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 4735 (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:
'... City of Oxford ... plan...'
Comments on map:
An unusually late example of a style generally more associated with the 1820s and 1830s.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
Robert Syer Hoggart, Assoc. Inst. C.E. [sv], Thomas Jones, 22 Duke St, Piccadilly [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
121.5 x 146.0 [originally on 4 sheets].
Number of parts:
3
Legends:
altitude information, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, stables/coach houses, public buildings emphasised: Stables [one large group only].
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: [Steps to river].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, water works, misc: [A few L.P.].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including Floating Chapel on canal.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls, drill halls: Militia Armoury; 'Castle Mound' and 'Old City Wall' in gothic.
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Tennis Court.
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 4735(3), BOL (E)C17:70 Oxford (1), BOL (E)C17:70 Oxford (1A), (R) C17:70 Oxford (136), CUL Maps.b.81.85.1, Oxfordshire Archives CH.XXIV/39, OxCL MP 185, OxCL MP 494 [in sheets]; BOL G.A. Oxon. c.331/4=R [VCH 4, 192-4: incomplete & unclear repro]; BOL J.Maps 224 [39] [MS specimen of the proposed plan].
Industry:
food/drink, paper/print, textiles, timber, misc: Coach Factory.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Including proposed Buckinghamshire Railway.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground: Conservatory at Botanical Gardens.
Antiquities:
Abbey [in gothic].
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners: [Name of brewery].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, misc: Taylors Inst.
Borders:
keyboard type: White-key type.
Monuments:
memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University, and Mayor, Aldermen & Citizens of the City.
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: To 0.01 ft: well-provided. Datum 12 feet below base of Sandford Weir monument base.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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