Notes, written in the first half of the 19th century, of benefactions to the church and town of Chipping Norton, and (page 12) of the inscriptions in the church, with arms in colour [i + 45 pages].

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,...

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].

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 ...

Index compiled by Mr. A.D. D’Ews to the transcript of the Chipping Norton parish registers, 1560-1898, MSS. Top. Oxon. d. 912-915.

Notes on monumental brasses in Oxfordshire, arranged alphabetically by placename [i+453 leaves].

Notes, cuttings and a letter from Adolphus Ballard relating to the industries of Oxford, Woodstock, Witney, and the neighbourhood [i+194 leaves]: Agriculture (butter, cheese, malt and brewing, straw work, turf and peat, wood transport) Transport of wood Glass making Pottery Leather glove making Saddle making ...

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 ...

Sports and pastimes pursued in Oxford and neighbourhood down to about 1850, arranged alphabetically, with letters from individuals including (fol. 170) William Holden Hutton, (fol. 325, 328) Sidney Lee, (fol. 401) F. Harefield, (fols. 405, 461) H. Salter, (fol. 435) Bernard Henderson [i+494 leaves]: Coursing Cricket Cycling Dancing ...

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 ...

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...

(fols. 1-24) Cuttings from the Oxford Times on bells and bell-ringing in Oxfordshire, and (fols. 25-63) rubbings of inscriptions upon Oxfordshire church bells, arranged alphabetically by place [i+63 leaves].

'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].

Alphabetically arranged loose manuscript notes, ephemera, cuttings and prints on Oxfordshire towns, villages and houses from Cadmore End to Chipping Norton.

Manuscript notebook (with some tipped in printed and typescript material) listing sources for Oxfordshire topography [277 leaves, fol. 158 appears twice]. Includes: (fols. i-66) A list of monumental inscriptions in Oxfordshire and Berkshire recorded in certain manuscripts in the Wood and Rawlinson collections, and the Harleian and Additional manuscripts in the British Museum (British Library). ...

Transcript by Misses M.G. and O.M. Meades et al. of Chipping Norton parish registers, 1560-1898.

Transcript by Misses O.M. and M.G. Meades of Chipping Norton parish registers of banns, 1754-1784

Transcript of Chipping Norton parish records, 1699-1957, by Miss M.G. Meades

Transcript of the baptism register, 1868-1923, of the Stow Mission Circuit by S.J. Barnes