A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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... feet distance from each other , is of an oblong form , and about two miles in circumference . Magdalen College , with the eaftern as well as the northern fuburbs , which contain the parishes of Holywell , Magdalen , and St. Giles , with ...
... feet distance from each other , is of an oblong form , and about two miles in circumference . Magdalen College , with the eaftern as well as the northern fuburbs , which contain the parishes of Holywell , Magdalen , and St. Giles , with ...
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... feet in length . On the fame fide is the TOWN HALL , where the Town and County Seffions , and the Affizes , are held ; which was re- built at the expenfe of THOMAS ROWNEY , Efq . late representative in Parliament , and High Steward of ...
... feet in length . On the fame fide is the TOWN HALL , where the Town and County Seffions , and the Affizes , are held ; which was re- built at the expenfe of THOMAS ROWNEY , Efq . late representative in Parliament , and High Steward of ...
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... feet long , and 112 wide , equal to any thing of the kind in the kingdom . The City of Oxford , with its fuburbs , and liber- ties , confifts of fourteen parishes . 1. St Mary's . 2. All Saints . 3. St. Martin's , or Carfax . 4. St ...
... feet long , and 112 wide , equal to any thing of the kind in the kingdom . The City of Oxford , with its fuburbs , and liber- ties , confifts of fourteen parishes . 1. St Mary's . 2. All Saints . 3. St. Martin's , or Carfax . 4. St ...
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... feet , is a noble and beautiful structure , and contains a ring of fix large bells . The room on the north fide of the Chancel , lately repaired in the ftyle of the reft of the Church , is now the Common Law School , where the Vinerian ...
... feet , is a noble and beautiful structure , and contains a ring of fix large bells . The room on the north fide of the Chancel , lately repaired in the ftyle of the reft of the Church , is now the Common Law School , where the Vinerian ...
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... feet : the principal front on the outfide is about 175 feet in length ; in the middle of it is a gate , with a magni- ficent tower . Three fides of the upper ftory of the Quadrangle are one entire room , called the PICTURE GALLERY ...
... feet : the principal front on the outfide is about 175 feet in length ; in the middle of it is a gate , with a magni- ficent tower . Three fides of the upper ftory of the Quadrangle are one entire room , called the PICTURE GALLERY ...
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