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Oxford. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Oxfordshire. Inhabited place. Longitude: -1.2500. Latitude: 51.7667.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, diary, verse and other papers of and relating to John Wilson ‘Christopher North’, author and journalist [1785-1854].

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13436
Scope and Contents

The bulk and principal interest of the papers lie in the letters written by John Wilson to his mother, sister Jane and his wife Jane. Many of the letters relate to Wilson’s early life and shed light on his relations with his family, his life as a student in Glasgow and later in Oxford, and also at Elleray in the Lake District.

Dates: 1798-1854, undated

Photocopy of a letter of Andrew Lang.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9477
Scope and Contents

Concerning cricket at Selkirk, and at Balliol College, Oxford.

Dates: circa 1866.