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Oxfordshire-Oxford-1860

CBTM:
20634
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 181
Historic county:
Oxfordshire
Town name:
Oxford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SP513063
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 5206
Map title:
[Outside border:] 'The excursion plan of Oxford, price fourpence', [inside border:] 'Dewe's plan of the University & City, of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1860 or later by Oxford Library, as includes museum. Round map is letterpress classified list of colleges, churches and notable buildings, with asterisks to indicate those of most interest to visitors.
Scale:
1:7920*
Map-maker:
John Dewe [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.7 x 12.5 [mapped area: 23.0 x 19.7 overall].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Oxon a.41(79), Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 181; ? in BL 10360.aa.10.
Industry:
paper/print
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies
Monuments:
memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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