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Oxfordshire-Oxford-1898

CBTM:
22145
Map Date:
? 1898
Repository reference:
BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(98)
Historic county:
Oxfordshire
Town name:
Oxford
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP513063
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 5206
Map title:
[Cover and map:] 'Stephens and Mackintosh Leicester. Business street map of Oxford.'
Comments on map:
Their usual style: dated 1898 in Bodleian cards.
Scale:
1:5000
Map-maker:
G. Gibbons & Co., Leicester [pr], Stephens and Mackintosh, Advertising Contractors, Leicester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.0 x 81.0 [overall: map 58.5 x 47.7].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
advertising, transport: Tramways (black dash-dot).
Colouring:
Buildings, advertising
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, misc: Invalid Kitchen.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Laboratories, Indian Institute.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(98).
Industry:
paper/print
Railways:
routes, sidings, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle mound.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat, misc: Union, Institute.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round edge: 36 advertisements.
Monuments:
memorials: [Martyrs Memorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
advertisers on map
Street tramways:
routes shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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