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].

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,…

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 …

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…

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…

Notes on monumental brasses in Oxfordshire, arranged alphabetically by placename [i+455 leaves].

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].

Second of three volumes of topographical and historical collections on Oxfordshire made by Charles Richardson (d. 1827). Relates to Wootton Hundred, with some notes on fol. 271 on the City of Oxford [ix + 299 leaves].

Third of three volumes of topographical and historical collections on Oxfordshire made by Charles Richardson (d. 1827). Relates to Woodstock and Blenheim Palace, including some original eighteenth-century letters and content inventories for the Palace [i + 348 leaves].

Folk-lore (General) I. A volume containing collections on Oxfordshire folklore, arranged alphabetically. Includes a list of contents at fol. 1, newspaper and journal clippings, and letters from individuals including (fol. 20) Diamond Jenness, (fol. 115) Thomas Davenport, (fol. 167) William Reginald Halliday, (fols. 299, 327) J.E. Field, (fols. 301, 315, 323, 325) Charlotte Sophia Burne, (fol. 317) G. Busby, (fol. 319) C.E. Prior [i+336 leaves]. Covers…

Collections on Oxfordshire folklore arranged alphabetically, with letters from (fol. 1) H.E. Abrams, (fol. 129a) V. Louise Wrench [i+217 leaves]: Animals Birth Christening Charms against disease Divination charms Death Games Ghosts Gipsies [Romany] …

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 …

Collections on morris dancing and Whitsuntide celebrations in Oxfordshire. Includes (passim) music manuscripts and dance patterns, and letters from people including (fols. 70-76, 79, 80) T.J. Carter, and (fol. 86) P. Powell, plus (fol. 148) a photograph of morris dancing in Bampton [ii + 269 leaves].

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 …

'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 Shotover to Summertown, including photographs of Stanton Harcourt church.

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). …