Oxfordshire-Oxford-1883 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22143

Map Date:

1883

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(81)

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Oxford

Map type:

drink

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP513063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5206

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Drink map of Oxford. August 1883. Published by the Committee of the Oxfordshire Band of Hope and Temperance Union.'; [map:] 'Drink map of Oxford 1883'.

Comments on map:

Very basic: just streets and red point-symbols, with letterpress on the back. The latter bears a striking resemblance to that on the Sheffield drink map (part of Exeter 19894): 'The ''Drink Map'' of Oxford makes bare the fact that few, if any, other towns in the kingdom are so liberally supplied with houses for the sale of intoxicants as this ancient city. Every twenty-second house in Oxford is a drink-shop, being at least fifty per cent. in excess of the average number throughout the country. The fair fame of Oxford is greatly tarnished by the effects of this over-supply of drink. Churches and chapels are plentiful, with ministers and Sunday-school teachers actively at work. Temperance and philanthropic societies are zealously striving to counteract the pernicious effects of drink. In spite of the efforts put forth by the Church and every other agency for good, there is an appalling amount of misery. Drunkenness abounds in our midst, and its attendant evils, crime and pauperism, are ever calling for attention. Can this be wondered at, seeing we have upwards of three hundred places licensed by law for the sale of strong drink?' Goes on to give the economic effects, and repeats the arguments that licences are granted, not renewed. Price 2d; also available on cartridge paper for 6d. Legend says that there are 143 fully licensed houses, 125 beer houses, 7 breweries, and 44 other licences.

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

[Committee of the Oxfordshire Band of Hope and Temperance Union [pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.0 x 48.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

licensed premises

Colouring:

drink

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Oxford (7), G.A.Oxon c.41(81).

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Fully licensed houses (red disc), beer houses (star), breweries (red filled square), other licences (red filled triangle).

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560