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Abingdon | Oxfordshire | SU 4997 xx Abingdon | Berkshire xx Abingdon-on-Thames

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Subject Source: Ncarules

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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Drawings of places in Berkshire, c. 1800-c. 1900

67 drawings, watercolours and engravings of places in Berkshire (many of which have been administratively in Oxfordshire since the 1974 boundary changes). By artists including William Crotch, J. Fisher, W.C. Fisher, N.L. Melville and T. Taylor [i+77 leaves].
Found in: Art and music / Art
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Berks. a. 1
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1800-c. 1900
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Drawings of places in Oxfordshire, 1769-1874

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].
Found in: Art and music / Art
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. b. 90
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1769-1874
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Notes and sketches by Thomas Rickman, c. 1812-c. 1822

Notes and sketches by Thomas Rickman for the sections covering Oxfordshire and Berkshire in the third edition of An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformation (London, 1825) [iii + 44 leaves].
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Eccles. c. 3
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1812-c. 1822
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Notes on seasonal celebrations I, c. 1897-c. 1914

Chronologically arranged collections on (fols. 1-278) the celebration of seasonal feasts in Oxford University, City, and County including including (fol. 194) photographs of May Day 1901 in Cuddesdon, and (fols. 196-7) Watford, n.d. and (fols. 279-373) on mumming, with (fols. 353-365) 13 photographs of mummers. Includes letters from people including (fol. 284) Oscar Montelius, (fols. 286, 288, 295) Thomas Fairman Ordish, (fol. 299) Edward Hibbert Binney [i+373 leaves].
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 199
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1897-c. 1914
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Notes on sports and pastimes (volume I), c. 1900-c. 1917

Sports and pastimes pursued in Oxford and neighbourhood down to about 1850, arranged alphabetically, with letters from individuals including (fol. 68) Alfred Hutton, (fols. 70, 265) Henry W. Taunt, (fol. 76) J.W.W. Murray, (fols. 252, 254) W.E. Sherwood, (fols. 340, 480) Herbert Hurst [i+489 leaves]: Angling Backsword or cudgel play [singlestick] Ballooning …
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 201
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1900-c. 1917
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Notes on sports and pastimes (volume III), c. 1900-c. 1917

Sports and pastimes pursued in Oxford and neighbourhood down to about 1850, arranged alphabetically, with letters from individuals including (fol. 9a) William Holden Hutton, (fols. 73, 81) Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill, (fol. 75) T.F. Dale, (fol. 130) Harold Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon, (fol. 303) John Richard Magrath [ii+413 leaves]: Hunting and poaching Racing …
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 203
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1900-c. 1917
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Oxford Architectural Society papers, 1840-1845, n.d.

Papers read to the Oxford Architectural Society, 1840-1844, and notes for contributions to the society's publication A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (Oxford, 1842) [148 leaves]. Includes: (Fol. 2) Extracts translated from an essay on the study of architecture by C. Rathgeber, 1840. (Fol. 8) 'Cumnor church' by William…
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 168
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1840-1845, n.d.
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Oxford Collections E-K, compiled c. 1912

Newspaper clippings, notes, ephemera on Oxfordshire places, events and topics, including (fols. 131-32) two photos of an unidentified Oxfordshire house, and letters from (fol. 144) Edward Baverstock, (fol. 178) Abel Beesley, (fol. 180) C. Henry Daniel and (fol. 315) H. Salter [i+324 leaves]: Earthquake, 1896 East Gate Eccles Court-Books Elections and…
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 180
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: compiled c. 1912
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Oxfordshire escheats, c. 1828

'A translation of T[homas] Cole's collection of 16th and 17th century escheats for Oxfordshire, now forming numbers 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 410 and 411 of the Harleian manuscripts deposited in the British Museum'. Includes an alphabetical index of personal names at fol. 2 and of place names at fol. 30v [xv + 47 leaves].
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 226
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1828