Oxfordshire-Oxford-1892
CBTM:
21457
Map Date:
[1892]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 33.a.5
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:
Plate 60 in John Bartholomew (ed), Black's Handy Atlas of England & Wales, London: Black, 1892. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2600 copies of this atlas were printed on 21 March 1892.]
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.2 x 12.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased buildings.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
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:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Institutes, etc.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 33.a.5.
Industry:
paper/print, uncertain
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Antiquities:
Site of abbey, Old City Wall.
Waterbodies:
misc: Worcester College pond.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Monuments:
memorials: [Martyrs Meml].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
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
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