Oxfordshire-Oxford-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18966

Map Date:

[1872]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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:

In A Handbook for travellers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, London: Murray, 1872, f.p. 174.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.8 x 17.1 [map area], 19.7 x 17.1 [including reference].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.c.1, BOL G.A.Gen.Top 8o 41 [1860: A Handbook for travellers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, London: Murray, 1860, f.p. 142]; BL 10028.c.2, RGS [1872, ed 2, f.p.174].

Gardens:

shown: [Principal ones only].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Antiquities:

Inigo Jones's Gateway, remains of abbey.

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560