Notes on sports and pastimes (volume I)
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 201
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Title
Notes on sports and pastimes (volume I)
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 201
Summary
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
Bear-baiting
Boating
Bowls
Bowling
Broken hays
Bull-baiting
Bumble-Puppy
Billiards
Cards
Shovel board
Shuttlecock
Cocking/cock-fighting
Associated place
Abingdon | Oxfordshire | SU 4997 xx Abingdon | Berkshire xx Abingdon-on-Thames
Kennington | Oxfordshire | SP 5201 xx Kennington | Berkshire
Wheatley | Oxfordshire | SP 5905
Iffley | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5303
Godstow | Oxfordshire | SP 4809
Headington | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5407
Burford | Oxfordshire | SP 2512
Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 7682
Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4105 xx Stanton Harcourt | Berkshire
Hampton Gay | Oxfordshire | SP 4816
Burcot | Oxfordshire | SU 5696 xx Burcote
Garsington | Oxfordshire | SP 5802
Wantage | Oxfordshire | SU 3988 xx Wantage | Berkshire
Eynsham | Oxfordshire | SP 4309
Oakley | Oxfordshire | SP 6312
South Hinksey | Oxfordshire | SP 5004 xx South Hinksey | Berkshire
Culham | Oxfordshire | SU 5095 xx Culneham
Watlington | Oxfordshire | SU 6894
Bicester | Oxfordshire | SP 5822
Witney | Oxfordshire | SP 3409
Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106
Stow-on-the-Wold | Gloucestershire | SP 1925
Cowley | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5404
West Wycombe | Buckinghamshire | SU 8294
Nuneham Courtenay | Oxfordshire | SU 5599
Blenheim Palace | Woodstock | Oxfordshire | SP 4416 xx Blenheim House xx Blenheim Castle
Thame | Oxfordshire | SP 7005
Sandford-upon-Thames | Oxfordshire | SP 5301 xx Sandford-on-Thames
Chipping Norton | Oxfordshire | SP 3127
Woodstock | Oxfordshire | SP 4416
Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | SO 9422
Ducklington | Oxfordshire | SP 3507
Wallingford | Oxfordshire | SU 6089 xx Wallingford | Berkshire
Bampton | Oxfordshire | SP 3103
Binsey | Oxfordshire | SP 4907
Date
c. 1900-c. 1917
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Sports and pastimes
Notes on sports and pastimes (volume I)
