Turner's Oxfordshire Collections

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 42-66, 66, 67-8
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1864-72
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 28 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Historical collections compiled by Turner relating to Oxford and Oxfordshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Henry Turner (d 1880), an Oxfordshire antiquary, was engaged on work for the Bodleian Library from 1870 until his death on 30 June 1880.

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 collections were purchased by the Library, 1872-3.

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. V, nos. 29019-46.