Henry Hinton (1749-1816) was an ironmonger of Oxford. James Hunt (1795-1857) was a chemist of Oxford.

Topographical collections for Oxfordshire and Berkshire, compiled by Henry Hinton and James Hunt.

The collections bought from James Hunt by Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1819 and 1820.

The collections were bought and given by the Friends of the Bodleian and Bodley's American Friends in 1967 and 1968.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38652-72.

See also Topographical Collections for Oxfordshire and Berkshire, Compiled by Henry Hinton and James Hunt.

Rubbings of brasses in Berkshire churches made by Hinton and Hunt between 1803 and 1815 are MSS. Rubbings Phillipps/Robinson 587-861, 876-933. For a discussion of the rubbings, see Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society, vol. xii, part 1, no. XCII (1975), 90-100.

The papers were discussed in Mary Clapinson, 'The topographical collections of Henry Hinton (1749-1816) and James Hunt (1795-1857)', Oxoniensia, 37 (1972), 215-20.

Hinton | Henry | 1749-1816 | Oxfordshire Antiquary

Hunt | James | 1795-1857 | Oxfordshire Antiquary

Berkshire (England)

Great Britain | Topography

Oxfordshire (England)