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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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

View of Oxford

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View of OxfordOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

We see the ancient city in the distance between trees in the foreground.

From an Etching by H. Toussaint.

Engraved by Davison.

Keywords: views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-08-12

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Godstowe

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GodstoweOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“ Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was [...]

Keywords: trees, views, bridges, animals, ruins, canals, boats, people, greyscale

Places shown: Godstowe; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Folly Bridge

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Folly BridgeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was, [...]

Keywords: water, bridges, people, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-10-04

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Oxford Castle

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Oxford CastleOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines. There are other pictures of Oxford Castle. “With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress o [...]

Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-09

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.

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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, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Bocardo, North Side

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Bocardo, North SideOxford: 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, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-04-17

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Isis and Oxford Canal

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Isis and Oxford CanalOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

In the foreground a man wearing a hat and carrying a bag or box stands at a canal lock; another walks along the towpath. On the river we see someone punting a bot, and a couple of people fishing from [...]

Keywords: canals, sketches, views, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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The Muniment Room at Merton College

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The Muniment Room at Merton CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas. (I think the Muniment Room was built to hold manuscripts, but I am not certain) “The time is the end of the fourteenth century. The forest and the moor stretch to the [...]

Keywords: entrances, colleges, windows, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-10-04

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Magdalen Tower From Christchurch

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Magdalen Tower From ChristchurchOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines

Keywords: colleges, churches, towers, trees, forests, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-14

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Magdalen Cloisters

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Magdalen CloistersOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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High Street

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High StreetOxford: 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, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

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Castle Street

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Castle StreetOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

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

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-14

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Christchurch College

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Christchurch CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford
From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges, colour

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Niches at Oriel

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Niches at OrielOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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Oriel Street.

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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, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-06-03

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The Gateway of St. John’s College

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The Gateway of St. John’s CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint. St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people, greyscale

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-08-29

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St John’s College

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St John’s CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines. External link to St. John’s College website. St John’s College was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White and named after St. John the Baptist (the patron saint of t [...]

Keywords: colleges, entrances, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-02-29

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Porch of St. Mary’s

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Porch of St. Mary’sOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Merton College

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Merton CollegeOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas. “It appears that [Queen’s College] was also anxious to pull down the chamber of King Henry V. This is a strange craze for destruction, that some time ago endangered [...]

Keywords: colleges, bridges, arches, people, colour

Places shown: Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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

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