Papers of Herbert Hurst, consisting chiefly of historical and topographical collections relating to Oxford and the neighbouring districts, and of drawings and plans of old buildings in and near to Oxford. It also includes four volumes on mazes, some Oxford deeds, a number of rubbings from monumental brasses, and two folio volumes of sketches.
Hurst Papers
Archive Collection
- This material is held at
- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Drawings gen. c. 1; Eng. hist. d. 91; Eng. misc. c. 86, e. 74a-b; Top. Oxon. a. 15-18, b. 81, c. 183-9, c. 191-5, c. 197, c. 197, d. 122-7, d. 129, d. 133, e. 146-7
- Dates of Creation1885-1912
- Language of MaterialEnglish, and Latin.
- Physical Description34 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Herbert Hurst (1834-? 1914) was an Oxford antiquary.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The papers were presented to the Library by the family of Herbert Hurst in 1913.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 36022-55.