EDITORIAL NOTE
This volume, the seventh to appear in the Oxfordshire set of the Victoria Histories, is
a further outcome of the partnership between the Oxfordshire Victoria County History
Committee and the University of London. The local committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Charles Ponsonby, has been responsible for the preparation of the text, and
the University of London for the final editing and publication. To the local committee,
whose members are named below, the thanks of the University are due for their valuable
subsidies. Gratitude must also be expressed to many private subscribers whose names
are also printed here.
Work on this volume has been going on since 1950; it was finally written and edited
between April 1959 and March 1961. Much is owed to the kindness of the governing
bodies of several Oxford Colleges, in particular All Souls and Magdalen, of whose
records extensive use has been made, the incumbents of the Oxfordshire parishes
included in this volume, the Librarian and staff of the Bodleian Library, the Oxfordshire County Archivist and his assistant, the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter of
Lincoln, the Archivist of the Lincolnshire Record Office, and the Dean and Chapter
of Windsor and their archivist. In addition, many private owners, notably Major the
Hon. S. Stonor (who gave every facility), likewise allowed the use of documents in their
care or lent them to the local committee. Footnotes throughout the volume testify to
their considerateness.
Particular mention must also be made of the services of Dr. W. O. Hassall who
prepared preliminary drafts of eleven parish histories and made available lecture notes
and other material. Valuable help was given by Mr. H. M. Colvin in architectural
matters, and by Mr. P. S. Spokes on heraldry and photography. In the collection of
material much public-spirited help was given by Mrs. H. M. Colvin, Miss Sheila
Green, Miss Kathleen Moore, Miss Katharine Price, Miss Ethel Savill, Miss Mary
Savill, Mrs. Arthur Selwyn, and especially by Miss Frances Riddell Blount and Mrs.
Mary Heron.