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Shotover Hill | Oxfordshire | SP 5605

 Subject
Subject Source: Ncarules

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Drawings of places in Oxfordshire, 1769-1874

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. b. 90
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].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1769-1874

Essay on sports and pastimes, c. 1900-c. 1917

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 204
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].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1900-c. 1917

Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume II), c. 1893-c. 1914

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 191
Folk-lore (General) II. A volume containing collections on Oxfordshire folklore, arranged alphabetically. Includes a list of contents at fol. 1, newspaper and journal clippings, (fols. 370-371) photos of rocks or ancient monuments, and letters from individuals including (fol. 39) William Reginald Halliday, (fols. 95, 103) J. Rhys, (fols. 97, 99) J. Earle, (fols. 191, 195, 201, 202, 203, 246a) Charlotte Sophia Burne, (fol. 26) H. Salter, (fol. 369) Edward Mulligan...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1893-c. 1914

Notes on Oxfordshire industries, c. 1902-c. 1903

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 189
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 ...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1902-c. 1903

Notes on sports and pastimes (volume III), c. 1900-c. 1917

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 203
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 ...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1900-c. 1917

Oxfordshire places - notes and ephemera, c. 1775-c. 1921

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Shelfmark: G.A. Oxon. c. 317/13
Alphabetically arranged loose manuscript notes, ephemera, cuttings and prints on Oxfordshire towns, villages and houses from Shotover to Summertown, including photographs of Stanton Harcourt church.
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: c. 1775-c. 1921