COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211229
image_number
JRL1211229
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C329
reference_number
Booker & Mills C329
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
A new map of the county of Oxford divided into hundreds
title_larger_entity
A new map of the county of Oxford divided into hundreds
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Jones & Smith
creator
Jones & Smith
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Engraver
creator_role
Engraver
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1801
date_created
1801
Date Created
false
Description:
Oxfordshire. Divided and coloured according to 'hundreds'. The map has a three neatline bordering as well as a thick brown border. Latitude and Longitude are indicated around the edges. It details place names, distances between towns, parks, buildings, rivers and canals. There is a scale bar bottom left indicating miles and furlongs. 'Longitude West of Greenwich' is printed along the bottom edge. A reference key to the hundreds is printed top right and an 'Explanation ' at bottom centre explains different features. A simple compass rose is top left under which is printed: 'Jones & Smith Sculpt. Pentonville'. The title, bottom left has printed underneath: 'Printed for C. Smith, No. 172 Strand, January 6th 1801.'.
description
Oxfordshire. Divided and coloured according to 'hundreds'. The map has a three neatline bordering as well as a thick brown border. Latitude and Longitude are indicated around the edges. It details place names, distances between towns, parks, buildings, rivers and canals. There is a scale bar bottom left indicating miles and furlongs. 'Longitude West of Greenwich' is printed along the bottom edge. A reference key to the hundreds is printed top right and an 'Explanation ' at bottom centre explains different features. A simple compass rose is top left under which is printed: 'Jones & Smith Sculpt. Pentonville'. The title, bottom left has printed underneath: 'Printed for C. Smith, No. 172 Strand, January 6th 1801.'.
Description
false
Language Code:
eng
language
eng
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
technique
Engraving (printing process)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Oxfordshire
spatial_coverage
England: Oxfordshire
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
630 mm
item_height
630 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
540 mm
item_width
540 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB