Oxfordshire-Oxford-1887
CBTM:
19037
Map Date:
[1887]
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 K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 221, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 223, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 221, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 225. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]
Scale:
1:18,500
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
9.8 x 14.6
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Known copies of map:
BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 221, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 223, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 221, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 225].
Industry:
paper/print: University Press.
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Clubs and societies:
misc: Union Rooms.
Monuments:
memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 2.30 cm squaring.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Taylors Inst.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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