John Dunkin's Collections for Oxfordshire

Scope and Content

Dunkin's collections consist of extracts from various sources relating to Oxfordshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Dunkin (1782-1846) was a topographer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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 deposited in the Library in 1954.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Custodial History

The papers were presented to Guildhall Library, London, by Ellen Elizabeth Dunkin, daughter of John Dunkin, in 1886.