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 …

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 …

Collections relating to Oxfordshire village life in the 19th century, comprising [i+ 151 leaves]: Agricultural improvement Agricultural maxims Charities Clothing Dress Coaching Cooking, food Cottages Cradle-holding Enclosures Common…

Alphabetically arranged loose manuscript notes, ephemera, cuttings and prints on Oxfordshire towns, villages and houses from Newington to Shipton-under-Wychwood.

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). …