Oxfordshire-Oxford-1891 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20402

Map Date:

? 1891

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4735 (13)

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:

'Valters' plan of Oxford. Comprising the Entire District under the control of the City Council.'

Comments on map:

Cheap and nasty. Undated: BM blue 24 Jul 1891.

Scale:

1:14,080*

Map-maker:

J.C. Valters, 20 James St, Oxford [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.8 x 50.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4735 (13), BOL C17:70 Oxford (9), G.A.Oxon a.41(87), CUL Maps.81.89.1 [1891]; BOL C17:70 Oxford (8), Oxfordshire Archives CH.XXIV/71 [1896].

Industry:

paper/print

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Some advertising, notably for Ernest Pigott, Pork Butcher, Sausage Maker, and Provision Dealer.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560