Oxfordshire-Oxford-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22144

Map Date:

? 1899

Repository reference:

BOL G.A.Oxon.a.41(94)

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:

This is much better produced than the 1891 version [Exeter 20402]: on art paper, with half-tone photos supplementing the advertisements, and colouring suggesting that the lesson of the Alden map [Exeter 20401] had been heeded. Pencil note says issued April 1899.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Oxford Chronicle Co., Ltd [pr], J.C. Valters, St James St, Oxford [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.5 x 70.5 [overall: map maximum 40.0 x 43.5].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

roads, water, boundaries, transport.: Red: boundaries and tramways.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Not all described.

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

J

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward, misc: City.

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Oxon a.41(94), (95) [1899].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

allotments

Leisure and entertainment:

libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Antiquities:

Castle.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Advertisements round edge, some with half-tone photos: one appears to include Mr Valters himself, and another advertises X-ray photography, with specimen.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Street tramways:

routes 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