Village education in nineteenth-century Oxfordshire: The Whitchurch school log book (1868-93) and other documents ([Oxfordshire records series] ; v. 51)

History

HORN, Pamela

Europe

Oxfordshire Record Society

Bishop Fell and nonconformity: Visitation documents from the Oxford diocese, 1682-83 ([Oxfordshire record series])

Fell, John

Oxfordshire Forests 1246-1609: No. 64

beryl-schumer-oxfordshire-record-society

An Historical Atlas of Oxfordshire

Reference

Kate Tiller

Atlases & Maps

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Oxfordshire Friendly Societies, 1750-1918: v. 68

Morley, Shaun

The diary of a clerical wife during the Second World War provides fascinating insights into life at the time.\nWar had an impact on even genteel civilians in unraided cities like Oxford (though safety was never assured), among them Madge Martin (born 1899), wife of the vicar of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford. Her pre-war life, full of travel, theatre visits, walks, books and films, was jolted into very different realities: she found herself undertaking more housework (by 1943 she had lost both her maids), volunteering with the Red Cross, and housing her two sisters' families, who self-evacuated at different times to Madge's home to escape London's air raids. 
Her private diary, engagingly and accessibly written, discloses much about her thoughts and feelings and social relations; some tribulations (she endured serious and frequent headaches); and her ambivalences concerning her role as a parson's wife. It shows both the persistence of comfortable, established lifestyles and necessary adaptations to theconstraints of existing in wartime. It is presented here with notes and introduction.\nPATRICIA and ROBERT MALCOLMSON are social historians with a special interest in Mass Observation, women in World War Two, and Englishdiaries written between the 1930s and the 1950s.

A Vicar's Wife in Oxford, 1938-1943: The Diary of Madge Martin (Oxfordshire Record Society, 72)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

In the early twentieth century the Church of England remained a significant institution in the lives of the people of Oxfordshire. It was for many a key provider of education and social activities as well as being a focus for religious worship and community life. The two surveys in this volume show a range of aspects of the Church at work in the last unclouded summer before the Great War of 1914-18, and also detail the responses of both clergy and people to four years of conflict. The returns to the bishop by clergymen in each parish reveal the opportunities as well as the struggles that the war brought to many households and the ways in which the conflict proved to be a catalyst for social and religious change. The reports are presented here in full with biographical notes on the clergy and an extensive introduction. MARK SMITH is Associate Professor in History at the University of Oxford.

The Parish in Wartime: Bishop Gore's Visitations of Oxfordshire, 1914 and 1918 (Oxfordshire Record Society, 73)

Inscriptions made in the mediaeval city and university of Oxford have come down to us in many forms and types of material - stone, glass, wood, metal, paint, ceramics - even textiles. There are a variety of handwriting styles, and inscriptions were written in Latin, French, or English. Some can be seen in their original context, such as the church or chapel as the donor intended; others have been moved to new locations, often in order to protect and conserve them; others survive only in the notes and drawings of long-deceased antiquaries. Now, for the first time, the richness and variety of mediaeval Oxford's epigraphy are revealed in this comprehensive catalogue of inscriptions from the twelfth century to the mid-sixteenth. Each entry includes the type of artefact, the dimensions where known, the materials and type of lettering, a description, the text of the inscription (with a translation of non-English text), a commentary and references to previous notices. There is a full scholarly introduction, a selection of illustrations, and a series of indices to facilitate use of the catalogue. This is the first part of a two-volume work, the second of which covers the epigraphy of the mediaeval county of Oxfordshire.

Mediaeval Inscriptions: The Epigraphy of the City of Oxford (Oxfordshire Record Society, 74)

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History & Criticism

From Country House Catholicism to City Church: The Registers of the Oxford Catholic Mission 1700–1875 (Oxfordshire Record Society, 75)

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