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Oxford, Witney and District 1893

Oxford, Witney and District in 1893 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’™s famous “Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England and Wales in the second half of 19th and early 20th century.Coverage extends from Burford eastward to Oxford and from Charlbury southward to Appleton. The Oxford, Witney & Fairford railway runs through the map, and other features include Eynsham Park, Woodstock Great Park and Blenheim Palace, Wytham Park, Cokethorpe Park, Cornbury Park and Wychwood Forest, and the rivers Thames Cherwell and Windrush. Other locations on the map include: in BERKSHIRE Bessels Leigh, Cumnor, North Hinksey, South Hinksey, Sunningwell, Wootton and Wytham; plus in OXFORDSHIRE Alvescot, Ascot under Wychwood, Asthall, Bampton, Begbroke, Black Bourton, Bladon, Bletchingdon, Brize Norton, Broadwell, Cassington, Church Hanborough, Clanfield, Combe, Ducklington, Eynsham, Fulbrook, Hampton Gay, Hampton Poyle, Islip, Kencot, Kidlington, Langford, Leafield, Marston, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Northmoor, Shilton, Shipton on Cherwell, Shipton under Wychwood, South Leigh, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Stonesfield, Swinbrook, Widford, Wilcote, Woodstock, Woolvercot, Yarnton and Yelford. On the reverse is an extract from Oxfordshire Sheet 26.12 covering the village of Bladon, together with a directory.About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), and offer historical mapping for small towns and villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes and most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area.To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.