Plan showing the boundaries of the city of Oxford.

Receipts, letters, and accounts relating to the estate of Charles Prickett, yeoman of Oxford (d. 1839) [32 leaves].

Score-book of the Magadalen (i.e. the Oxford University) Cricket Club, kept by David Hodgkins, groundsman, 1842-1846.

Score-book of the Magadalen (i.e. the Oxford University) Cricket Club, kept by David Hodgkins, groundsman, 1847-1850 [65 leaves].

Scenes in Oxford: 40 drawings by John Malchair (1764-1800) and his pupils and (beginning at fol. 39) 23 drawings by John Claude Nattes (1804) [ii + 65 leaves]: (image 1) Graphite self-portrait of the artist, Jean-Baptiste Malchair, n.d. (originally in the possession of Mr F.R. Morrell at Blackhall) (image 2) Watercolour and pencil sketch of "Part of Magdalen Grove & Meadows", Oxford…

(fol. 1) Watercolour of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, from the north entrance, by an unnamed artist, n.d. (fol. 2) Watercolour of a design for New Quad, Magdalen College, Oxford by an unnamed artist, 1804 (fol. 3) Watercolour of the east view of Brasenose College, Oxford by an unnamed artist, n.d. (fol. 4) Pencil drawing of the west front of Christ…

91 drawings and watercolours of Oxfordshire places by various artists including Francis Grose, R. Davidson, W. Fisher, J.C. Buckler, J. England, J. Whessell, [John Malchair?], and George Pyne (with an additional photograph of Pyne at fol. 2a). The images are indexed at fol. ii [ii+95 leaves].

373 drawings and paintings, mainly of buildings in Oxford, by artists including (passim) William Alfred Delamotte, William Turner, James Allen Shuffrey, George Pyne, John Whessell, R Phene Spiers, W. Calcott, William Varley, H. O'Neill, and John Chessell Buckler. There is a table of contents at fol. ii [ii+375 leaves]: (image 1) Pencil drawing of a view from the South East of the Abingdon Road, Oxford,…

206 drawings, mainly by Joseph Fisher, mainly of buildings in Oxford, with a table of contents at fol. ii. Page 80 also contains a photograph of a building on George Street, Oxford, 1903, and page 159a contains a letter from the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain, 9 Oct 1877 [ii+228 leaves]: (fol. 1) Watercolour of a view from Botley Bridge, Oxford by Joseph Fisher, 1815 …

Draft of an essay on 17th-century sports in Oxfordshire, touching on horse racing, cock-fighting, boating, cricket, taverns, including (fols. 2, 4) letters from C.H. Firth [i + 84 leaves].

Extracts from Oxford and London newspapers, notes and copies of documents relating chiefly to Oxford and Woodstock, with (copy?) letters from writers including (fol. 89) John Evans about the Duke of Marlborough and Waterloo, 6 Aug 1815; (fol. 93) W. ?Lentt about Oxford and Cambridge, 15 June 1824; (fols. 193-197) John Swinton, 28 July 1760 [243 leaves].

Miscellanous notes, with letters from members of the Folk-Lore Society and others including (fol. 2) Edwin Sidney Hartland, (fols. 4, 6) Florence Grove, (fols. 24, 39) Charlotte Sophia Burne, (fols. 26, 28, 30) C.E. Prior, (fol. 32) V. Louise Wrench, (fol. 43) M.M. Banks, (fols. 166, 192, 194, 197) T.J. Carter. Comprises [i+405 leaves]: (Fols. 2-44) Notes on the recording of folklore …

Two Gloucestershire-related charters: [Formerly MS. Ch. Glouc. 136] Between Edmunde Harwell of Besford, Worcestershire and Thomas Broade of Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, concerning Princhpoole Place, Windrush, Gloucestershire, from 15 Apr 1595. [Formerly MS. Ch. Glouc. 137] Between the Reverend Richard Payne, Rector of Barnsley in Gloucestershire, Edward Perott of the Inner Temple in…

Collections, consisting largely of letters from G. O. Bellewes to Percy Manning, on the Oxfordshire family of Goodwin [iii + 69 leaves].

Ground plans, maps, and architectural sketches of buildings and sites in Oxford and Oxfordshire, partly made by Percy Manning or copied by him from older plans, and partly originals. At fols. 43 and 44 are site plans for Hawksmoor's scheme, c. 1710, for the Printing House and Brasenose College, partly in his hand and prepared by H. Joynes; the plan at fol. 45 is not in Hawksmoor's hand but is connected with another scheme for the site. At fol. 46 is another plan for the site with 'Harry…

An interleaved copy of John Sansbury's Ilium in Italiam (Oxford 1608) used as a notebook from 1619 by Simon Sloper of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. It contains lists and notes of general information, medical recipes, extracts from printed works and (fols. 84v-122v) English verse, mainly epigrams.Verse in Crum.

A collection of original legal and business papers [i + 101 leaves]. Includes: (Fols. 1-24) Papers relating to the appointment and fees of apparitors in the Diocese of Oxford, 1769-1771. (Fols. 25-26) Letter of Edward Pearson, 2 Aug 1766, concerning the appointment of John Hume [Bishop of Oxford 1758-1766] to the bishopric of Salisbury. (Fols. 27-28) Nomination of John…

(Fols. 49-52) Letter of 12 Apr 1821 to Sir Marcus Somerville from William Briggs, headmaster of Bampton Free Grammar School, regarding Briggs boarding Somerville's sons and teaching them the classics prior to entrance to Oxford University. A second letter, 13 Apr 1821, from L Turner to Sir Marcus Somerville offering terms for the same.

Notes on monumental brasses in Oxford churches and college chapels [i+373 leaves].

Notes and cuttings concerning Oxford artists living from the 18th-19th centuries, as well as some tipped in letters from artists including Orlando Jewitt. Alphabetically arranged [i+ 77 leaves]. BRANDT, Lewis BUCKLER, John Chessell BURGHERS, Michael COLE, Benjamin COOPER, George DELAMOTTE, Peter …