Oxfordshire-Woodstock-1789 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21070

Map Date:

1789

Repository reference:

BL 10347.bb.9

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Woodstock

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP445167

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 4116

Map title:

'A plan of Blenheim Palace, gardens, park, plantations, &c the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough Oxon, surveyed & drawn by Thos. Pride, Land-Surveyor, 1789.'

Comments on map:

Follows title-page in Nouvelle description de Blenheim, London: Cadell, 1791. Entry applies to the 'town' part, such as it is.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Thos Pride [sv, dr], S.I. Neele, 352 Strand [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.0 x 23.5

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 10347.bb.9.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Chaucer's House.

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560