Oxfordshire-Oxford-1875
CBTM:
20635
Map Date:
? 1875
Repository reference:
Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 183
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:
'Plan of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1875 by Oxford Library: said to be for Parker's Visitors Guide to Oxford.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
[J. Parker [pb].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.5 x 41.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water: More remarkable for the attempt than the achivement: public buildings red, others black.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most buildings other than colleges emphasised rather than described.
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Racquet Court.
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 203, BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(74), CUL Maps.c.81.87.2 [book at Ll.49.46], Oxford Library, Oxfordshire Studies MP 183; BL 10360.ee.6, BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 263, G.A.Oxon a.41(76) [1881]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 866 [1882: Plan for use of delegates to Co-Operate Congress, c.1:6150, in The visitors guide to Oxford, 1883 ed]; BOL G.A.Oxon a.41(80) [1885: uncoloured]; BOL J.Maps 279[47] [1890].
Industry:
paper/print
Railways:
routes, sidings, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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