List of abbreviations

A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1964.

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'List of abbreviations', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds, (London, 1964) pp. xxv-xxix. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol8/xxv-xxix [accessed 25 April 2024]

NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

Among the abbreviations and short titles used the following may require elucidation:

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Cal. Q. Sess. Calendar of Quarter Sessions
Ch. Ch. Arch. Archives of Christ Church, Oxford
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d.d. Bodleian Library, MS. d.d.
Dunkin MS. Collections of John Dunkin (London Guildhall MSS. temporarily deposited in the Bodleian Library)
Gamekprs' Deps. Gamekeepers' Deputations
Hants R.O. Hampshire County Record Office, Winchester
M.I. Monumental Inscription
Magd. Coll. Arch. (or Mun.) Archives (or muniments) of Magdalen College, Oxford
Merton Coll. Arch. Archives of Merton College, Oxford
MS. Top. Oxon. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. Oxon.
Oldfield, Clerus Bodleian Library, MS. index to clergy by W. J. Oldfield, 'Clerus Diocesis Oxoniensis, 1542–1908'
O.R.O. Oxfordshire County Record Office, Oxford
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Oxf. Dioc. Bodleian Library, Oxfordshire Diocesan Papers
Par. Rec. Parish Records
Rousham Arch. Archives belonging to Mr. T. Cottrell-Dormer, Rousham Park
Salle Park deeds Muniments of Sir Dymoke White, at Salle Park, Norfolk
Shirburn Mun. Muniments of the Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire
Stonor Mun. Muniments of Major the Hon. Sherman Stonor, Stonor Park, Oxfordshire
Watlington Park Mun. Muniments of Major the Hon. Lionel Brett
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Windsor Mun. Muniments of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor
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