Oxoniensia Volume Vii 1942

OXONIENSIA

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A JOURNAL DEALING WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF OXFORD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

VOLUME VII 1942

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD CONTENTS Page Place-Names and Topography in the .Upper Thames Country: a Regional Essay. By W. J. ArlreIl------I

Archaeological Sites on Port Meadow, Oxford. By R. J. C. Atkinson 24

An Early Iron Age Site at Allen's Pit, Dorchester. By J. s. P. Bradford 36

Two Early Saxon Cemeteries at Cassington, Oxon. By E. T. Leeds and Marjorie Riley 61

Some Recent Finds of Mediaeval Pottery. By E. M. Jope 71

Tackley's Inn, Oxford. By W. A. Pantin 80

Three Letters of Dr. Richard Trames. By H. G. Rawlinson 93

NOTES AND NEWS: Archaeological Notes, 102; The Campbell Thompson collection of Stone Imple ments, 104; Excavations in Smith's Pit II, Cassington, Oxon., 104; Iron Age Pottery from Chinnor, Oxon., 108; The Akeman Street near Crawley, Oxon., log; Crop-marks in the Upper Thames Valley seen from the Air during 1942, III; Leathern Jack of the Joiners' Guild of Oxford, 114; An 18th Century Wallet of the Whorwood Family, 114.

REVIEWS: Briers, History of Nuffield, 115; Stanier, History of Magdo.len Co/lege School (O.H.S. new series, III), 116; Oxford: Report of Committee on Planning andRec(l1t structWn, 2 vols. (Oxford Preservation Trust), 117.

BIBLIOGRAPHY, II 9

u LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLACE-NAMES AND TOPOGRAPHY: Page Fig. I. Geological Map of Cherbury Camp 8 2. Map of upper Thames, showing distribution of types of place-names --- 10

PORT MEADOW, OXFORD: Fig. 3. Map of archaeological sites on Port Meadow 25 4· Plans of sites 1-18 - 27 5· Plan and sections of sites 5 and 6, section of ditch of site 9 - 3 I 6. Pottery from sites 5 and 6 - 33 PI. I. Air-view of sites 1-4- II. Air-view of sites 5-13 III. Air-view of sites 14-18

ALLEN'S PIT, DORCHESTER: Fig. 7. Plan of W. end of D-shaped enclosure 37 8. Three decorated Iron Age situlae from Allen's Pit 43 9. Iron Age pottery from Allen's Pit 44- 10. Iron Age pottery from Allen's Pit 45 II. Iron Age pottery from Allen's pit 46 12. Iron Age pottery from Eynsham, Wytham, and Yarnton 55 13. Iron Age pottery from Stanton Harcourt, \Voodeaton, Adwell Cop, etc. 58 PI. IV. A. Air-view of D-shaped enclosure at Allen's Pit B. Section through ditch of D-shaped enclosure C. Air-view of enclosures in Overy field, Dorchester

SAXON CEMETERIES AT CASSINGTON: Fig. 14-. Map and plans of cemetery at Purwell Farm, Cassington 63 15. Objects from grave II, Purwell Farm, in situ 66 16. Metal objects from Purwell Farm and Smith's Pit II 68 PI. V. A. Glass beaker from Smith's Pit II B. Radiate brooches from Smith's Pit II C. Saucer brooches from Purwell Farm VI. A, B. Saucer brooches and beads from Purwell Farm

1U LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS-continued Page MEDIAEVAL POtTERY: Fig. 17. Associated group of 13th century pottery from Carfax - 72 18. Cooking-pottery from Brill and Seacourt 75 19. Late mediaeval pottery from Oxford 76 20. Late mediaeval pottery from Oxford - 77

TACKLEY'S INN, OXFORD: Fig. 21. Plans and sections of Tackley's Inn 84 22. Plans and sections of Tackley's Inn 85 PI. VII. Early 14th century vaulted cellar, Tackley's Inn

NOTES AND NEWS: Fig. 23. Plan and sections of ring-ditches and enclosure-ditch at Cassington 105 24. Mid-first century A.D. pottery from Cassington 107 25. Iron Age pottery from Chinnor 108 26. Plan and sections of the Akeman Street at Crawley 110 27. Map of crop-mark sites in the upper Thames valley lIZ Pl.VIII. Anglo-Saxon brooches and beads from Abingdon IX. Air-view of crop-marks in Smith's Pit II at Cassington X. Black-jack of the Joiners' Guild of Oxford

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