Oxfordshire-Oxford-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20403

Map Date:

? 1863

Repository reference:

Bodleian Library G.A.Oxon.a.41(66)

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:

'Oxford.'

Comments on map:

Main record refers to the Weekly Dispatch version.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J.W. Lowry, F.R.G.S., 45 Robert St, Hampstead Rd [dr, eng], Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 139 Fetter Lane [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.0 x 22.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon a.41(66) [1858: Weekly Dispatch, 7:11:1858]; RGS Eng & Wales S.575 [Whitehall Press, 1976]; BLML Maps 45.e.10, CUL Atlas.3.86.6 [Dispatch Atlas]; BOL C15 a.2 [Cassell's British Atlas: sheet 76]; OxCL MP 146 [1865?: Cassell]; BOL C15 c.1 [1884: Bacon: sheet 84 in Ordnance Atlas]; OxCL MP 168 [Bacon, Ordnance Atlas: pl. 95]; CUL Maps.c.81.88.2 [1886.c: 1:5280, 53 x 65 cm: 'large-scale plan']; BOL C17:70 Oxford (55), G.A.Oxon a.41(93) [1888: for Kelly's Directory]; BOL C15 c.3 [1889: Bacon: sheet 91 in Ordnance Atlas]; OxCL MP 169 [1890s: Bacon/Kelly]; BL PP.2505.ye/59 [Kelly's Directories, 1889, 1890, 1893-6]; OxCL open access [Kelly, 1890, 1893, 1894]; BOL C17:49(103) [1893: G.W. Bacon: inset on county map]; BLML Maps 4710(17) [1896: G.W.Bacon: 1:10,560, inset on county map]; BOL C17:70 Oxford (19) [1900]; BLML Maps 4718(1) [1902: inset].

Industry:

paper/print

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Monuments:

memorials: [Martyrs Monument].

Arms and heraldry:

publisher: [Weekly Dispatch logo: above title].

Cemeteries:

shown

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