Oxfordshire-Oxford-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22141

Map Date:

? 1870

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(76)

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Oxford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SP513063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5206

Comments on map:

Colour-printed: trimmed to neatline and pasted down. Possibly c.1870. Scale seems to be stretched west-east, and compressed north-south.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.8 x 12.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

general highlighting of district, other: Buildings, text and road casings red, everything else green, solid except where hatched for park, etc: quite effective.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Shown by crosses.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories: ['Obs'].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(76).

Industry:

paper/print

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle.

Clubs and societies:

misc: Union.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Taylor Building.

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560