A line-for-line transcript, made in the 19th century, of a survey of North Leigh made in 1581. (The transcript is of MS. Top. Oxon. f. 36, collections relating to North Leigh, written c. 1675.) Pages 9-59 and 70-142 are blank [viii + 142 pages total].

Notes and transcripts by Percy Manning of leases and other 14th- to 18th-century documents relating to Oxfordshire places including (fol. 10) Eynsham, (fol. 30) Nether Worton, and (fol. 44) North Leigh. At fol. 57 is a copy of a court-roll of Tadmarton (1614), now MSS. Rolls Oxon. 505-506 (formerly MS. Phillipps 29185) [i+69 leaves].

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

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 …

'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 Littlemore to Lachford.

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). …

Collections relating to North Leigh, including extracts from a copy of a survey of the parish and manor of North Leigh made in 1581 by Simon Perrott (partially transcribed in MS. Top. Oxon. e. 176) [v+119 pages]. (p. 1) Survey with the names of landholders in 1581 and 1655. (p. 62) Lists of copyholders, etc. (p. 68) Ancient usages and customs. (p. 73) A…

Twenty-eight deeds, principally relating to property in (fol. 9) Kidlington, (fol. 29) Minster Lovell, (fols. 48, 65) North Leigh, (fol. 50) Garsington, and (fol. 52) Warborough, with an index and summary at fol. 2 by Percy Manning. At fol. 63 is a copy of a confirmation of arms, 1549, by Sir Gilbert Dethicke, Garter, to George Perrott [77 leaves].