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NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

Among the abbreviations and short titles used the following may require elucidation:

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Gamekprs' deps. Gamekeepers' deputations
G.D.R. Gloucester Diocesan Records, in Gloucester City Library, including terriers, tithe awards, and bound volumes of diocesan records.
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Magd. Coll. Arch. Archives of Magdalen College, Oxford
Methuen Arch. Archives of the Methuen family, Corsham Court, Wilts.
MS. Oxf. Archd. Oxon. Bodleian Library, Oxfordshire Archdeaconry Papers
MS. Oxf. Dioc. Bodleian Library, Oxfordshire Diocesan Papers
MS. Top. Eccles. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. Eccles.
MS. Top. Oxon. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. Oxon.
New Coll. Mun. Muniments of New College, Oxford
N.B.R. National Monuments (formerly Buildings) Record
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O.R.O. Oxfordshire County Record Office, Oxford
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R.O. Record Office
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