List of abbreviations

A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7, Dorchester and Thame Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1962.

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NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

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

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d.d. Bodleian Library, MS. d.d.
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Gamekprs' Deps. Gamekeepers' Deputations
M.I. Monumental Inscription
Magd. Coll. Arch. Archives of Magdalen College, Oxford
MS. Top. Oxon. Bodleian Library, Ms. Top. Oxon.
Oldfield, Clerus Bodleian Library, MS. index to clergy by W. J. Oldfield, 'Clerus Diocesis Oxoniensis, 1542–1908'
O.R.O. Oxfordshire County Record Office, Oxford
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