Detailed accounts of the sums 'Paid by Mr. Henry Joynes' at Blenheim 'Castle' [palace] for building, landscape gardening, etc., including the work of carpenters, joiners and blacksmiths, including (fols. 9v, 29, 45v) the blacksmith Elizabeth Bennett. At fol. 15 are Latin and English copies of the inscription on the Blenheim obelisk [i + 47 leaves].

(fol. 1) Watercolour of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, from the north entrance, by an unnamed artist, n.d. (fol. 2) Watercolour of a design for New Quad, Magdalen College, Oxford by an unnamed artist, 1804 (fol. 3) Watercolour of the east view of Brasenose College, Oxford by an unnamed artist, n.d. (fol. 4) Pencil drawing of the west front of Christ…

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].

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 …

Letters to the Oxfordshire antiquary Charles Richardson (d. 1827) and to his son Charles, 1799-1831, with (fols. 96-99, 108-111) brief accounts of a tour in the Eastern and Midland counties in 1808 [130 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].

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 …

Alphabetically arranged loose manuscript notes, ephemera, cuttings and prints on Oxfordshire towns, villages and houses from Barford St. Michael to Burford.

Notes, ephemera, cuttings relating to Blenheim Palace and Woodstock.