Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106
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Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Interleaved copy of John Sansbury, Ilium in Italiam (Oxford, 1608), used as a notebook from 1619 by Simon Sloper of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, c. 1619
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Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 10
An interleaved copy of John Sansbury's Ilium in Italiam (Oxford 1608) used as a notebook from 1619 by Simon Sloper of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. It contains lists and notes of general information, medical recipes, extracts from printed works and (fols. 84v-122v) English verse, mainly epigrams.Verse in Crum.
Extents: 131 Leaves
Dates:
c. 1619
J. K. Thomas' photographs of Oxford and the Cotswolds
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 572, fols. 19-27
J.K. Thomas' photographs of Oxford and the Cotswolds
Extents: 9 items
Dates:
1935-1938
Legal and business papers, 1740-1817
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 229
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...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1740-1817
Letter from Edward Lhuyd (or Lhwyd) to John Ray of Black Notley, Essex, dated Oxford
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7284, fol. 61
Letter from Edward Lhuyd (or Lhwyd) to John Ray of Black Notley, Essex, dated Oxford, 27 May 1694
Extents: 1.0 leaf
Dates:
27 May 1694
Letters concerning students studying for Oxford entrance, 12-13 Apr 1821
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 126 fols. 49-52
(Fols. 49-52) Letter of 12 Apr 1821 to Sir Marcus Somerville from William Briggs, headmaster of Bampton Free Grammar School, regarding Briggs boarding Somerville's sons and teaching them the classics prior to entrance to Oxford University. A second letter, 13 Apr 1821, from L Turner to Sir Marcus Somerville offering terms for the same.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
12-13 Apr 1821
Minute books of the Oxford Philological Society
Collection
Minute books of the Oxford Philological Society, founded to support the study of Greek and Latin languages and literature.
Extents: 0.1 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1870-1999
Monumental brasses III, c. 1896-c. 1917
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 197
Notes on monumental brasses in Oxford churches and college chapels [i+373 leaves].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1896-c. 1917
Notes and cuttings about Oxford artists, c. 1903-c. 1905
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 186
Notes and cuttings concerning Oxford artists living from the 18th-19th centuries, as well as some tipped in letters from artists including Orlando Jewitt. Alphabetically arranged [i+ 77 leaves].
BRANDT, Lewis
BUCKLER, John Chessell
BURGHERS, Michael
COLE, Benjamin
COOPER, George
DELAMOTTE, Peter
...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1903-c. 1905
Notes and sketches by Thomas Rickman, c. 1812-c. 1822
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Eccles. c. 3
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].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1812-c. 1822
Notes on James II and Catholicism, c. 1700-c. 1750
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Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. e. 178
Notes by Robert Watts on James II's attempts to introduce "Popery" into Oxford and Cambridge universities, with (fols. 30-40) A short review of Cambridge Under the Administration of King James II (London 1717).
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1700-c. 1750
Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume I), c. 1907-c. 1909
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 190
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...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1907-c. 1909
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 folklore (volume III), c. 1904-c. 1912
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 191a
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]
...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1904-c. 1912
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 seasonal celebrations I, c. 1897-c. 1914
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 199
Chronologically arranged collections on (fols. 1-278) the celebration of seasonal feasts in Oxford University, City, and County including including (fol. 194) photographs of May Day 1901 in Cuddesdon, and (fols. 196-7) Watford, n.d. and (fols. 279-373) on mumming, with (fols. 353-365) 13 photographs of mummers. Includes letters from people including (fol. 284) Oscar Montelius, (fols. 286, 288, 295) Thomas Fairman Ordish, (fol. 299) Edward Hibbert Binney [i+373 leaves].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1897-c. 1914
Notes on seasonal celebrations II, c. 1897-c. 1914
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 200
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].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1897-c. 1914
Notes on sports and pastimes (volume I), c. 1900-c. 1917
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 201
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
...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1900-c. 1917
Notes on sports and pastimes (volume II), c. 1900-c. 1917
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 202
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
...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
c. 1900-c. 1917
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
Oxford Collections A-D, compiled c. 1912
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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 179
Newspaper clippings, notes, ephemera on Oxford places, events and topics, and letters from people including (fol. 152) [-] Harrison, (fol. 157) Herbert Hurst, (fol. 251) H.T. Bobart, (fol. 276) Leo S. Olschki and (fol. 284) the City of Oxford Charity Trustees [i+298 leaves]:
Academic Halls
Agricultural Show
Oxford Agricultural Society
All Saint's...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
compiled c. 1912