Oxfordshire-Oxford-1886 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21440

Map Date:

[1886]

Repository reference:

BL 10347.cc.10

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 Paterson's Guide Book to England and Wales... 1886, Edinburgh, William Paterson, n.d., f.p. 224; for further details see under Exeter 21432.

Scale:

1:18,103*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.3 x 15.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, misc: Various institutes, etc.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

1885 [PC]; BL 10347.cc.10, BL 10347.cc.11 [1886].

Industry:

paper/print: [University press].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground: [College Gardens].

Antiquities:

Site of abbey.

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

misc: [Martyrs Meml].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 0.88 x 0.98 ins.

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