Shirburn Records

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. b. 73, c. 158, d. 86, d. 87/1-3, f. 28/1-3, f. 29-30
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1724-1864
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 11 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Records relating to Shirburn, Oxfordshire, collected by H.E. Salter, including poor rate books, highway account books, and a constables' book.

Administrative / Biographical History

Herbert Edward Salter (1863-1951) was a historian. 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 records were presented to the Library by H.E. Salter in 1909.

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. 34580-90.

Related Material

See also See also Tracings of Maps by H.E. Salter ([Maps] R. MS. C17:49 (175, 177, 179-96, 198)), Notes and Collections of the Rev. H.E. Salter (MSS. Top. Oxon. a. 45(R), a. 51(R)-60(R), b. 223, b. 225(R)-247(R), c. 206-7, c. 245, c. 353, c. 392-404, c. 414-35, c. 437-46, c. 456-8, c. 459(R)-469(R), d. 255, d. 352, d. 384, d. 404-10, d. 421(R)-438(R), e. 273-4, e. 295, e. 306-7, e. 316-39, e. 351(R)-360(R), f. 54, f. 56(R)-59(R)), and Photographs of Rev. H.E. Salter (MSS. Top. Hants. d. 3, Top. Kent d. 1, Top. Linc. d. 2, Top. Oxon. d. 80, Top. Westminster d. 1, Top. Wilts. d. 2).