A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (excluding the University and City of Oxford); Supplementary Volume (to second series, no 11, 1949-50)

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A History of Bampton

A comprehensive history.    

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A History of Banbury

A very comprehensive history of Banbury.    

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A History of Henley

A very comprehensive history of Henley.    

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume IV: The City of Oxford

Oxford was an important town long before it acquired fame as the seat of a university. This landmark volume, lauded on its first publication as 'a compendium and a treasure house', traces the history of the city from its earliest origins to the rise of the 20th-century motor industry, exploring as well the complex and changing relationship between 'town and gown'. The book is in two parts, the first of which provides a chronological narrative of Oxford's development, and of its social, economic and civic life. The second comprises detailed encyclopaedic accounts of particular topics and institutions.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22714-5

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume IX: Bloxham Hundred

This volume contains the histories of eleven north Oxfordshire parishes and of Bloxham hundred, to which those parishes belonged. The hundred lies intermingled with Ban-bury hundred in the valleys between the Cherwell and the Cotswold crest along the modern Warwickshire border, and ex-hibits the chief characteristics of a wider region centred on the important market-town of Banbury. The area covered con-tained nineteen nucleated settlements, supported almost exclusively by mixed farm-ing, to which the soil was particularly well suited. The prosperity that derived from agriculture is reflected in the fine parish churches, like those of Bloxham and Adderbury, in the quality of the surviving peasant building, and in the large country houses, Wroxton Abbey, Broughton Castle, and Hanwell Castle. The area was notable also for its Puritanism, and later for Quakerism, both of which gained their strength not only from the prosperous independent farmers of the area but also from the leadership of the larger land- owners, the Fienneses of Broughton, the Copes of Hanwell, and Bray Doyley of Adderbury.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22726-8

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume V: Bullingdon Hundred

Bullingdon Hundred, including Cowley, Cuddesdon, Headington, Iffley, Nuneham, Courtney.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-91042-2

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume X: Banbury Hundred

This volume contains the history of the four large parishes in north Oxfordshire that formed the hundred of Banbury: Banbury, Charlbury, Cropredy, and Swal-cliffe. The four parishes do not constitute a single, compact area, and are linked together because they belonged in the early Middle Ages to the bishops of Lincoln and probably represent ancient estates exempted from royal dues for the benefit of the bishops' predecessors in the see of Dorchester. Banbury itself contains an early castle and represents the successful estab-lishment of a 'new town' in the 12th century. From 1554 to 1832 it was a parliamentary borough; it was widely known for its Puritanism, and won a place in literature not only for the Banbury Cross of the nursery rhyme but also for its cakes, cheese, and ale. Its character as a market town was changed by industrial growth in the 19th century, the traditional textile industries yieldingto the manufacture of agricultural implements, which was in turn over-shadowed in the 20th century by food-manufacture, light engineering, and alu-minium. By contrast, Charlbury, lying 14 miles south-west of Banbury, is a small and relatively little-known market town which was a centre of the gloving industry. Both Charlbury and the rural parishes of Cropredy and Swalcliffe are unusually well documented because they contained exten-sive estates of abbeys and colleges. Each of the four parishes contains several separate villages, and, in all, the volume covers an area of over 20,000 acres and more than 20 settlements.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22728-2

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume XI: Wootton Hundred (Northern Part)

This volume contains the histories of 19 parishes in the northern part of Wootton hundred, stretching from Stonesfield, Wootton, and Tackley in the south to Deddington, Barford St. Michael, and South Newington in the north; the other parishes are Glympton, Heythrop, Rousham, Sandford St. Martin, the Astons, the Bartons, the Wortons, and the three Tews. The area, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell and on part of the west by the river Glyme, containsthe small, well documented, market town of Deddington, two outstanding country houses at Heythrop and Rousham, and many other notable secular and ecclesiastical buildings. Probably the best known village is Great Tew, whose development is here reinterpreted in the light of new evidence. The many deserted village sites in the area are treated in detail, and special attention has been given to the arrangement of open fields, of which a local feature was thedevelopment within a single vill of two separate sets of fields, known as ends or sides, as at Deddington, Duns Tew, and South Newington. The complex arrangements for the periodical division of common meadows are well documented in some parishes, particularly North Aston. A feature of religious life in the area was the establishment at Nether and Over Worton in the early 19th century of a strong, locally influential, tradition of evangelical Anglicanism. The volume is illustrated with 20 pages of plates, two church plans, and numerous parish and village maps.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22758-9

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume XIII: Bampton Hundred (Part One)

This volume contains the histories of five ancient parishes in the west of Oxfordshire near the river Thames, comprising the small town of Bampton and some 13 villages and hamlets. Though chiefly looking to markets at Witney and Oxford the area was long dominated by Bampton, the centre of a large Anglo-Saxon estate, site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster, and formerly a market town. A detailed account is given of the town's topography, buildings, and economicdevelopments and the organization of the local landscape from an early date is explored. Most villages were nucleated, and despite some controversial early inclosures, notably at Northmoor, open-field farming prevailed until the 19th century. A few scattered hamlets and farmsteads resulted probably from woodland clearance or late colonization, and several settlements were shrunk or deserted in the late Middle Ages. Standlake had a medieval market and fair,and until the late 17th century there was textile and leather working notably at Standlake and Bampton. Important buildings include the former Bampton castle, the 15th-century timber-framed manor house at Yelford, and CokethorpeHouse. Bampton church is of unusual size and quality, and carvings in Ducklington church may be associated with a late medieval cult of the Virgin. Cote was an important centre of religious noncon-formity from the 17th century.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22790-9

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume XIV: Witney and its Townships (Bampton Hundred Part Two)

This volume comprises a history of the large west Oxfordshire town of Witney and its rural townships of Crawley, Curbridge, and Hailey, an area of over 7,000 acres derived from a large, late Anglo-Saxon estate. Witney, probably the site of the Anglo-Saxon estate centre, was redesigned as a planned `new town' in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century; from the seventeenth century it was widely known for its blanket industry, and became a centre of religious non-conformity. The town's origins, buildings, and physical development are fully discussed, together with its economic, social and religious history. The Windrush valley is also covered - an area of scattered woodland settlements and nucleated villages with open fields; early inclosure was probably in connection with the wool trade and Witney's cloth industry. Important sites discussed include the medieval Witney park, Caswell House, near the siteof a deserted medieval settlement, and the bishop of Winchester's recently excavated `palace' at Witney. SIMON TOWNLEY is editor, Victoria History of Oxford.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-904-35625-7

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A History of the County of Oxford, Volume XV: Carterton, Minster Lovell, and Environs

The latest volume for Oxfordshire is devoted to eight parishes between the market towns of Burford and Witney in the west of the county. The area is predominantly rural, the only urban centre being Carterton. Founded in 1900 as acolony of smallholders, it became one of the county's fastest growing towns after World War II due to its proximity to Brize Norton's military airbase. Oxfordshire: Volume XV is a richly detailed history of these parishes, covering everything from Anglo-Saxon settlement to 20th-century urbanisation, agriculture to rural industry, religious influences to famous residents.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-904-35606-6

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A History of the County of Oxfordshire

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A History of Witney

A very comprehensive history of Witney.    

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Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (excluding the University and City of Oxford)

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Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the City of Oxford

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Formularies Which Bear on the History of Oxford, c.1204-1420. Vol I

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Formularies Which Bear on the History of Oxford, c.1204-1420. Vol II

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Memorials of Oxford

A superb collection of the history of Oxford in three volumes on one CD. Contains wonderful histories and descriptions of Oxford's churches, colleges and halls.    

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Oxford Studies Presented to Daniel Callus. 1959-60

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The Victoria History of the Country of Oxford, Volume VIII: Lewknor Hundred and Pyrton Hundred

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The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Volume I

Natural History, Early Man, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon Remains, Domesday, Political History, Schools.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90456-8

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The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Volume II

Ecclesiastical Hitory, Religious Houses, Social and Economic History, Table of Population, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Ancient Earthworks, Sport.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-91041-5

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The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Volume III

The volume was originally published in 1954, and was the work of a team of distinguished historians. It broke new ground, for although separate histories of the university and its colleges had been written, it was the first comprehensive scholarly account of all those institutions. The opening chapter on the history of the university from its 12th-century beginnings to the mid 20th century is followed by chapters on the grammar schools of the medieval university and on the architectural and institutional history of the several university buildings. The greater portion of the book is devoted to the histories of the colleges and halls, each of which is the subject of a separate article. The articles are precise and fully referenced, telling of such matters as the foundation and buildings of the college, its estates, its religious and academic history, and its outstanding personalities. The many illustrationsinclude plates of old prints and drawings; there are also plans which carry forward the work of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. 'The book abounds in new and interesting information ... the result of research in muniments which have not before been so carefully and intelligently investigated.' (F. M. Powicke in English Historical Review).   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-91064-4

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The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Volume VI: Ploughley Hundred

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The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Volume XII: Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) including Woodstock

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Three Oxfordshire Parishes

A History of Kidlington, Yarnton and Begbroke. Written in 1893 and printed for the Oxford Historical Society, this book gives the general history of these places with thought to their connection to National events. It also gives the pedigrees of important families, histories of the churches, colleges and manors of each area. For each there are also pages of extracts from the Hundred Rolls. If your ancestors lived in these parishes this book has lots of information that will tell you what life was like for them.    

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Villages of the White Horse

Written in 1913. Powerful and evocative descriptions of local customs, practices and characters of villages in the area. See More info for place names.    

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Wood's History of the City of Oxford vol. I The City and Suburbs

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Wood's History of the City of Oxford vol. II Churches and Religious Houses

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Wood's History of the City of Oxford vol. III

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