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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.

Oriel Street.

Oriel Street.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

S. Paterson signed the engraving.

Keywords: colleges, streets, churches, people

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-03

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

Castle Street

Castle Street

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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

High Street

High Street

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

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

Bocardo, North Side

Bocardo, North Side

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The Bocardo, the mediaeval prison in Oxford, shown from the North side; the engraving is signed “S. R.” The tower here is St. Michael’s church. “Of Bocardo no trace remains, but St. Michael’s is likel [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, arches, streets, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-17

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

Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.

Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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

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