OXONIENSIA

VOLUME XLI 1976

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE OXFORDS HIRE ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY , EDITORIAL NOTICE OXonUn.rid is issued annually to mem.bcn of the Architectural and Historical Society (or a SU8SCJUPTION PRICE OF £4-. which sum will admit subscribers to full privileges of memben.hip of the Society. Intending subscribers should communicate with the Honorary Treasurer, Oxfordshire Architec. lural and Historical Society, 6.t., The Croft, \Vitney, Oxon. All ~{sS., whether of articles or notes, offered for inclusion in a future volume of Oxonimsia should be submitted to the Honorary Secretary of the Editorial Committee, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Southampton, who will be pleased to advise on preliminary drafts. All MS . should be typewritten, with double spacing. ThOle possessing early numbers of Oxonimria and not requiring them are asked to send them to the Hon. Treasurer, Oxfordshirc Architectural and Historical Society, 13 Park Street, Woodstock. Oxon.

BANBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Hon. S«rtlary : Miss C. G. BLOXHAM, B.A., Oxford City and County Museum, Woodstock, Oxon.

The Society's Records Section, started in 1959, publishes an annual volume of rttOrds of or it. neighbourhood (including parts ofNorthamptoruhire and Warwickshire a.s well as Oxfordshire). Publications already issued or in preparation include: IIIIicc /Q Wills Pro,~d in tk P,ruliar CoUTt if Banbury, 151"-1858. Marriag. R'gister if Banbury, 1558-1837 (3 par.. ). Baptism and Burial RtgisUr of BaJlbury, Part One, 1'58-1653 i Part Two, 16,;r17R3. Clockmalcing in Oxforrbhirt, 140()-1850, by Dr. C. F. C. Beeson, in co--operation with the Antiquarian Horological Society. South Newington Churchwardtns' Accounts, 1,60-1662, cd. E. R. C. Brinkworth, M.A. A Vic/Qrian M.P. oru1 his Constituents: tk Corrtspond,,,,. if H. W. Tann.d, 1841-1859, 0<1. B. S. Trinder, B.A. ShDmw1ctr's Window, rtcollecliofU of Banbury bifore the railway agt, by George Herbert, 2nd edition, ed. B. S. Trinder, B.A. Wigginton Constables' Accounts, 1691-1836, ed. F. D. Price, M.A., P.S.A. Banbury Irwtn/Qrits and Wills, 1591-165°, 0<1. E. R. C. Brinkworth and J. S. W. Gibson. BMbury Politics, 183()-1880, by B. S. Trinder, B.A. Parish Accounts/or tM 'Town' if BodieD" 1700-1822, 0<1. J. H. Fearon. The Society's magazine Cake and Cocklwrse is issued to all members three times a year.

Subscriptions should be sen' '0: Mrs. S. GOlUNO, Banbury Museum. Marlborou.o:h Road. Banbury. £'.50 Ordinary Members; £3'00 Record Members. ISSN 0308-5562 OXONIENSIA

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

VOLUME XLI 1976

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE OXFORDSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD 1977 (Cl The Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical SocietYJ 1977. CONTENTS Page Neolithic Pottery found at Lechlade, Glos. By M. U.Jones Excavations at Sugworth Farm, Radley. By D. Miles 6 An Excavation of the North Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch at North Leigh. By David Fine - 12 Excavations in the Witney Area. By R. A. Chambers t 7 A Late Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Hardwick. By R. A. Chambers and G. Williams 21 Late Iron Age Material from Ducklington. By R. A. Chambers - 36 A Romano-British Settlement at Curbridge. By R. A. Chamben - 38 Two Early Roman Kilns at Tuckwell's Pit, Hanborough, Oxon. By David Sturdy and Christopher J. Young 56 Roman Finds and Animal Bones from Kingston Hill Farm, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon. By Michael Parrington 65 Two Bronze Bowls from Sutton Courtenay. By David Miles - 70 The Cemetery Site at Beacon Hill, near Lewknor (1\140 Site t2): an Inventory of the Inhumations and a Re-appraisal. By R. A. Chambers - 77 Salvage Excavations on the Site of the Lay Cemetery of Abingdon Abbey. By Michael Parrington 86 Excavations on the Site of Banbury Castle, 1973-4. By K. A. Rodwell - 90 Excavations on the Outer City Wall of Oxford in St. Helen's Passage and Hertford College. By Nicholas Palmer 148 A Monastic Fragment at Wadham College, Oxford. By W.J. Blair 161 E.xcavations on the Second Site of the Dominican Priory, Oxford. By George LambrickandHumphreyWoods 168 Excavations at , 1965-73. By T. G. Hassall - 232 Tusmore Deserted Village. By David Miles and Trevor Rowley 309 The Origins of the Chancellonhip at Oxford. By C. H. Lawrence 316 Social Mobility in the 14th Century: the Example of the Chelrey. of Berkshire. By P. J. Jefferies ------324 Samuel Lipscomb Seckham. By Peter Howell 337 The Chawley Brick and Tile Works, Cumnor. By 1. C. Dodsworth 348

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