Oxfordshire-Oxford-1894 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18968

Map Date:

[1894]

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:

'Plan of Oxford North [South] Section'.

Comments on map:

In Handbook for travellers in Oxfordshire, London: Murray, 1894 [no edition], f.p. 11. Map is in overlapping (about 2.0 ins) North and South sections. Scale measured as 1.125 ins to 0.25 mile: 1:7454.

Scale:

1:7440

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [dr, eng, pr], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

33.7 x 15.5, 35.5 x 15.7

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

roads, land-use: Parks, cemeteries and similar open spaces.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, misc: Probate Registry.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls: Pecked lines are evidently course of old wall, though not explained as such; the remaining sections are shown solid.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: With Cricket pavilions.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 2364.b.30, RGS [1894: Handbook for travellers in Oxfordshire, London: Murray, 1894 [no edition], f.p.11].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: [Notable ones only].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, art galleries: [Music Hall: i.e. Music Rooms].

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Liberal

Monuments:

memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

termini

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560