Indexes and Calendars by W.J. Oldfield

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Top. Berks. d. 20-4
  • Dates of Creation
      [ca. 1920-30]
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      5 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Indexes and calendars of Abingdon parish records by W.J. Oldfield, 1538-1836 (compiled ca. 1928-30).

Administrative / Biographical History

William John Oldfield (1857-1934) was Canon of Lincoln and an antiquary. Details are given in Who Was Who.

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.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The collection was given to the Library by W.J. Oldfield, 1928-34.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53759-63.