The location is in the middle of the plot marked as "Open Magdalene" on the 1881 OS 1:2,500 map ('Oxford - Oxfordshire: 040/01', Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 - Epoch 1 (1881). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55212&sheetid=9821&zm=4&x=72&y=47&ox=554&oy=362 Date accessed: 23 January 2011). The 1881 census described Open Magdalene as "Land common to the parishes of Cowley and Headington".
Open Magdalen through time
Open Magdalen is now part of Oxford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oxford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Open Magdalen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Open Magdalen, in Oxford and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22794
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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