G.J. Dew's collection of Oxfordshire drawings and engravings

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 Dep. a.48, b. 188, b. 204
  • Dates of Creation
    • mid 18th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Drawings, 19th century, by Joseph Wilkins of the villages of Deddington, Lower Heyford and Steeple Aston; also of churches in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire (mostly in the Bicester area; again Lower Heyford is well represented); and other miscellaneous engravings (mid 18th-mid 19th century), with one of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; and photographs of Bicester taken in 1902.

Administrative / Biographical History

George James Dew (1846-1928) lived in Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire. Some of his diaries relating to village life, and the poor law, have been published.

Joseph Wilkins (1820-91) was a topographical artist who lived in Deddington.

Access Information

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Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.