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'Old Oxford', an extensive collection of notes and extracts chiefly from printed sources relating to the history, topography and old buildings of the city of Oxford: Indexes, Written in 1887-1900 by H. Hurst

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MS. Top. Oxon c. 191
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'Old Oxford', an extensive collection of notes and extracts chiefly from printed sources relating to the history, topography and old buildings of the city of Oxford, the whole compiled by Mr. Herbert Hurst. To each volume is prefixed an index to its contents and a list of the principal items contained in it, MS. Top. Oxon c. 183-186 being reckoned as one volume: MS. Top. Oxon c. 191 is a general index to the whole. The longer articles in each volume are here given:

  1. Fol. 3. topographical index to the foregoing volumes as well as to Bodleian MSS. nos. 8513, 8515, 8516, and to some published works on Oxford history (as Anthony Wood's City of Oxford, ed. A. Clark, and his Colleges and Halls of Oxford, ed. Gutch) of which a list is given on fol. 2v
  2. Fol. 150. subject-index to nos. 36032-8
  3. Fol. 181v. index of names of persons connected with Oxford before A.D. 1450 occurring in Bodleian MSS. 11755, 33675
  4. Fol. 190. alphabetical list of mayors and bailiffs of Oxford up to A.D. 1500

Dates

  • Creation: Written in 1887-1900 by H. Hurst

Extent

314 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Oxon c. 191

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 36039

Related Materials

Vol. E (MS. Top. Oxon. c. 190) consists wholly of newspaper-cuttings and so does not count as a manuscript.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

13 × 8 1/4 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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