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monuments: long-lasting structures commemorating some person or event; megaliths, burial mounds or other ancient monuments.

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Pictures from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A., sometime Fellow of Merton College, Oxford [1844 – 1912]; sixth edition, Seely & Co. Ltd., London, 1896.

There are some more pictures of Oxford done by Haslehust, in colour.

I am working on a transcription of this book. I found one online at worldwideschool.org but it lacks the images, and has many errors.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Andrew Lang.

Martyrs Memorial

Martyrs Memorial

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“In Broad Street, under the windows of Balliol, there is a small stone cross in the pavement. This marks the place where, some years ago, a great heap of wooden ashes was found. These ashes were the [...]

Keywords: monuments, spires, religion

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Added: 2007-04-30

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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