File:Ordnance Survey Drawings - Woodstock (OSD 162).jpg
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Artist |
Stanley, William - Draughtsman |
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Title |
Ordnance Survey Drawings: Woodstock (OSD 162) |
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Object type | manuscript map | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: The map of the area surrounding the Royal Wychwood Forest and Oxford was drawn by teaching draughtsman at the Tower of London, William Stanley. After inaccuracies were found in the plan during routine checks in 1820, Stanley hastened to explain that the employment by the Board of Ordnance of local civilian surveyors "of various abilities" to carry out much of the mapping meant that accuracy was often sacrificed for speed as these civilian personnel were paid according to the number of miles surveyed and drawn. An ochre-coloured turnpike road forms a boundary from Shipton Down at the top left of the map to Yarnton at the centre right. The cumulative mileage appears alongside the route in figures. The close attention Stanley pays to communication routes emphasises the military focus of these studies..
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Language | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1811 date QS:P571,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | Pen and ink on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 260 mm (10.23 in); width: 360 mm (14.17 in) dimensions QS:P2048,260U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,360U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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Accession number |
Maps OSD 162 |
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Credit line | British Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scale 2 inches : 1 mile (1:31680). Please note that the British Library provides these digital files "as-is"; materials will not be rephotographed under this programme. If resupply of files is required, the requestor will be required to purchase them at the standard rate. |
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References | http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/w/002osd000000009u00115000.html (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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