This graceful construction isn’t as old as it looks. It was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson in 1913 to link the Old and New Quads of Hertford College, which are separated by New College Lane. No one calls it by its original name, Hertford Bridge, because of the perceived resemblance to its more famous namesake [...]
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There is no foreign land; it is only the traveler that is foreign.
Robert Louis Stevenson
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2015
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The Turf Tavern
Whilst walking in Oxford, my companions thought I had lost my senses when I suddenly veered off down a narrow alleyway. I had been paying attention the words of a nearby tour guide who was speaking to his group. One of the things he mentioned was this hidden gem. Unfortunately there was not enough time [...]
23 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2015
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Tom Tower
Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named for its bell, Great Tom. It is over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford, which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82. The strength of Oxford architectural tradition and Christ [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2015
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Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Built during the second half of the twelfth century, Christ Church Cathedral is among the oldest buildings in Oxford and one of the smallest of the 42 Anglican cathedrals in England. It is also, uniquely, both a cathedral and a college chapel, and so, unusually for a cathedral, its centre stalls face inwards in the [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 11th 2015
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Christ Church Oxford
Christ Church was originally founded by Cardinal Wolsey as Cardinal’s College in 1524. The college buildings took over the site of St. Frideswide’s Monastery, which was suppressed by Wolsey to fund his college
The monastery dated back to the earliest days of Oxford as a settlement in the 9th Century AD. When Wolsey fell from power [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2015
