Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume I)
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 190
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Title
Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume I)
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 190
Summary
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 :
Charms
Ghosts and omens
Lucky and unlucky actions and days
Manners and customs
Marriage and games
Personal marks
Place names, local rhymes and legends
Plants
Prehistoric monuments
Suicide
Wells (Oxford and others)
Witches
Miscellanea
Associated place
Witney | Oxfordshire | SP 3409
Newnham Murren | Oxfordshire | SU 6188
Tyringham | Buckinghamshire | SP 8547
Drayton | Vale of White Horse | Oxfordshire | SU4794 xx Drayton | Berkshire
Goring-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 6080
Marsh Baldon | Oxfordshire | SU 5699
Salford | Oxfordshire | SP 2828
Rollright Stones | Oxfordshire | SP 2930 xx The King's Men
Littlemore | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5302
Bampton | Oxfordshire | SP 3103
Albury | Oxfordshire | SP 6505
Banbury | Oxfordshire | SP 4540
Horspath | Oxfordshire | SP 5704
Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 5794
Sandford-upon-Thames | Oxfordshire | SP 5301 xx Sandford-on-Thames
Fritwell | Oxfordshire | SP 5229
Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4105 xx Stanton Harcourt | Berkshire
Blackthorn | Oxfordshire | SP 6219
Crawley | Oxfordshire | SP 3412
Iffley | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5303
Souldern | Oxfordshire | SP 5231
Filkins | Oxfordshire | SP 2304
Chilswell | Oxfordshire | SP 5002
Shipton-under-Wychwood | Oxfordshire | SP 2717
Oddington | Oxfordshire | SP 5514
Ambrosden | Oxfordshire | SP 6019
Cumnor | Oxfordshire | SP 4604 xx Cumnor | Berkshire
Brill | Buckinghamshire | SP 6513
Hoar Stone | Enstone | Oxfordshire | SP 3723 xx Ent Stone
Wayland Smiths Cave | Ashbury | Oxfordshire | SU 2685 xx Wayland's Smithy Chambered Long Barrow
Deddington | Oxfordshire | SP 4631
Islip | Oxfordshire | SP 5214
Thatcham | Berkshire | SU 5167
Great Milton | Oxfordshire | SP 6302
Toot Baldon | Oxfordshire | SP 5600
Long Compton | Warwickshire | SP 2832
Binsey | Oxfordshire | SP 4907
Thame | Oxfordshire | SP 7005
Hoar Stone | Steeple Barton | Oxfordshire | SP 4525
Burford | Oxfordshire | SP 2512
Tadmarton | Oxfordshire | SP 3937
Enstone | Oxfordshire | SP 3724
Otmoor | Oxfordshire | SP 5713
Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | SU 7682
Seacourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4906 xx Seacourt | Berkshire
Ewelme | Oxfordshire | SU 6491
Stonesfield | Oxfordshire | SP 3917
Bledlow | Buckinghamshire | SP 7702
Minster Lovell | Oxfordshire | SP 3110 xx Minster Lovel
Stanton St. John | Oxfordshire | SP 5709
Launton | Oxfordshire | SP 6022
Godstow | Oxfordshire | SP 4809
Kirtlington | Oxfordshire | SP 5019
Bicester | Oxfordshire | SP 5822
South Hinksey | Oxfordshire | SP 5004 xx South Hinksey | Berkshire
Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106
Tusmore | Oxfordshire | SP 5630
Woodstock | Oxfordshire | SP 4416
Devil's Quoits | Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4104
Date
c. 1907-c. 1909
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Folklore and daily life
Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume I)
