Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume I), c. 1907-c. 1909
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MS. Top. Oxon. d. 190
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Folk-lore (General) I. A volume containing collections on Oxfordshire folklore, arranged alphabetically. Includes a list of contents at fol. 1, newspaper and journal clippings, and letters from individuals including (fol. 20) Diamond Jenness, (fol. 115) Thomas Davenport, (fol. 167) William Reginald Halliday, (fols. 299, 327) J.E. Field, (fols. 301, 315, 323, 325) Charlotte Sophia Burne, (fol. 317) G. Busby, (fol. 319) C.E. Prior [i+336 leaves]. Covers :
- Charms
- Ghosts and omens
- Lucky and unlucky actions and days
- Manners and customs
- Marriage and games
- Personal marks
- Place names, local rhymes and legends
- Plants
- Prehistoric monuments
- Suicide
- Wells (Oxford and others)
- Witches
- Miscellanea
Dates
- Creation: c. 1907-c. 1909
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 190
Geographic
- Albury | Oxfordshire | SP 6505
- Ambrosden | Oxfordshire | SP 6019
- Bampton | Oxfordshire | SP 3103
- Banbury | Oxfordshire | SP 4540
- Bicester | Oxfordshire | SP 5822
- Binsey | Oxfordshire | SP 4907
- Blackthorn | Oxfordshire | SP 6219
- Bledlow | Buckinghamshire | SP 7702
- Brill | Buckinghamshire | SP 6513
- Burford | Oxfordshire | SP 2512
- Chilswell | Oxfordshire | SP 5002
- Crawley | Oxfordshire | SP 3412
- Cumnor | Oxfordshire | SP 4604 xx Cumnor | Berkshire
- Deddington | Oxfordshire | SP 4631
- Devil's Quoits | Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4104
- Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 5794
- Drayton | Vale of White Horse | Oxfordshire | SU4794 xx Drayton | Berkshire
- Enstone | Oxfordshire | SP 3724
- Ewelme | Oxfordshire | SU 6491
- Filkins | Oxfordshire | SP 2304
- Fritwell | Oxfordshire | SP 5229
- Godstow | Oxfordshire | SP 4809
- Goring-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 6080
- Great Milton | Oxfordshire | SP 6302
- Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 7682
- Hoar Stone | Enstone | Oxfordshire | SP 3723 xx Ent Stone
- Hoar Stone | Steeple Barton | Oxfordshire | SP 4525
- Horspath | Oxfordshire | SP 5704
- Iffley | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5303
- Islip | Oxfordshire | SP 5214
- Kirtlington | Oxfordshire | SP 5019
- Launton | Oxfordshire | SP 6022
- Littlemore | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5302
- Long Compton | Warwickshire | SP 2832
- Marsh Baldon | Oxfordshire | SU 5699
- Minster Lovell | Oxfordshire | SP 3110 xx Minster Lovel
- Newnham Murren | Oxfordshire | SU 6188
- Oddington | Oxfordshire | SP 5514
- Otmoor | Oxfordshire | SP 5713
- Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106
- Rollright Stones | Oxfordshire | SP 2930 xx The King's Men
- Salford | Oxfordshire | SP 2828
- Sandford-upon-Thames | Oxfordshire | SP 5301 xx Sandford-on-Thames
- Seacourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4906 xx Seacourt | Berkshire
- Shipton-under-Wychwood | Oxfordshire | SP 2717
- Souldern | Oxfordshire | SP 5231
- South Hinksey | Oxfordshire | SP 5004 xx South Hinksey | Berkshire
- Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4105 xx Stanton Harcourt | Berkshire
- Stanton St. John | Oxfordshire | SP 5709
- Stonesfield | Oxfordshire | SP 3917
- Tadmarton | Oxfordshire | SP 3937
- Thame | Oxfordshire | SP 7005
- Thatcham | Berkshire | SU 5167
- Toot Baldon | Oxfordshire | SP 5600
- Tusmore | Oxfordshire | SP 5630
- Tyringham | Buckinghamshire | SP 8547
- Wayland Smiths Cave | Ashbury | Oxfordshire | SU 2685 xx Wayland's Smithy Chambered Long Barrow
- Witney | Oxfordshire | SP 3409
- Woodstock | Oxfordshire | SP 4416
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