Oxfordshire-Oxford-1896
CBTM:
21427
Map Date:
[1896]
Repository reference:
BL 010351.I.3
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:
[On map:] 'Oxford', [bottom centre:] 'Plan of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
In The official guide to the Great Western Railway, London, Cassell, 1897 [BM receipt 30 De 96 blue], f.p. 270. Only included on grounds of completeness. Apparently photo-engraved, possibly by Walker & Boutall: see Exeter 19026-9, e.g. Bottom left: 'The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway', bottom right: 'Cassell & Company, Limited, London'. Monochrome: printed in sepia. (Some other tipped-in maps in sepia in this volume were lithographed by Wyman & Sons.)
Scale:
1:16,096
Map-maker:
Cassell & Company, Limited, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.8 x 20.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Laboratories.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Raquet Courts.
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Eng Rlwys 16o 156[2] [1890]; BOL G.A.Eng Rlwys 16o 156/[3], BOL J.Maps 279 [50] [1893]; BL 010351.i.3, BOL G.A.Eng Rlwys 16o 156/[4] [1896-7].
Industry:
paper/print: [University Press].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Great Western lines accentuated with crossbars.
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, art galleries, misc: Music Room.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Various college gardens].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Liberal: [Liberal Hall].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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