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Witney | Oxfordshire | SP 3409

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 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

Drawings of places in Oxfordshire, c. 1750-c. 1915

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. b. 91
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,...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1750-c. 1915

Miscellaneous essays on Oxfordshire

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 777
Miscellaneous essays on Oxfordshire
Extents: 132 Leaves
Dates: 1972-1983

Monumental brasses II, c. 1896-c. 1917

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 196
Notes on monumental brasses in Oxfordshire, arranged alphabetically by placename [i+455 leaves].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1896-c. 1917

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 by the antiquarian Charles Richardson (volume I), c. 1800-c. 1827

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 171
First of three volumes of topographical and historical collections on Oxfordshire made by Charles Richardson (d. 1827). Arranged by the county subdivision of the 'hundred', excluding Wootton Hundred [iii + 380 leaves].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1800-c. 1827

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 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

Notes on village life, compiled c. 1900-c. 1917

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 193
Collections relating to Oxfordshire village life in the 19th century, comprising [i+ 151 leaves]: Agricultural improvement Agricultural maxims Charities Clothing Dress Coaching Cooking, food Cottages Cradle-holding Enclosures Common...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: compiled c. 1900-c. 1917

Oxford Collections E-K, compiled c. 1912

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 180
Newspaper clippings, notes, ephemera on Oxfordshire places, events and topics, including (fols. 131-32) two photos of an unidentified Oxfordshire house, and letters from (fol. 144) Edward Baverstock, (fol. 178) Abel Beesley, (fol. 180) C. Henry Daniel and (fol. 315) H. Salter [i+324 leaves]: Earthquake, 1896 East Gate Eccles Court-Books Elections and...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: compiled c. 1912

Oxfordshire escheats, c. 1828

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 226
'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].
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1828

Oxfordshire places - notes and ephemera, c. 1813-c. 1964

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Shelfmark: G.A. Oxon. c. 317/26
Notes, ephemera, prints and cuttings relating to Witney.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c. 1813-c. 1964

Sources for Oxfordshire topography, c. 1900-c. 1910

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. e. 175
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). ...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1900-c. 1910

Transcript by Mr. E. Bartlett Taylor of Witney parish burial registers, 1837-1973

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 688
Transcript by Mr. E. Bartlett Taylor of Witney parish burial registers, 1837-1973.
Extents: 99 Leaves
Dates: 1977

Transcript by Mr. E. Bartlett Taylor of Witney, St. Mary, parish register of baptisms

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Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. d. 818
Transcript by Mr. E. Bartlett Taylor of Witney, St. Mary, parish register of baptisms.
Extents: 149 Leaves
Dates: 1979