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 Plates |
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Page 4
On the east side of Fish - Street ( commonly called St. Old's , by corruption from St
. Aldate's ) stands Christ - Church College , the magnificent front whereof is
extended to 382 feet in length . On the same side is the Town Hall , where the
Town ...
On the east side of Fish - Street ( commonly called St. Old's , by corruption from St
. Aldate's ) stands Christ - Church College , the magnificent front whereof is
extended to 382 feet in length . On the same side is the Town Hall , where the
Town ...
Page 5
St. Mary's stands on the north fide of the HighStreet , and is the Church used by
the University on Sundays and Holydays . It is well proportioned and handsomely
built in the Gothic style . The Porch is in a more modern taste . The Church ...
St. Mary's stands on the north fide of the HighStreet , and is the Church used by
the University on Sundays and Holydays . It is well proportioned and handsomely
built in the Gothic style . The Porch is in a more modern taste . The Church ...
Page 9
... and were presented to the University by the late Countess of Pomfret . A
CATALOGUE OF THE POMFRET STATUES , BUSTOS , MARBLES , & c . as they
stand numbered in their prefent Repository . STATUE of a Grecian Lady , 7 feet
high ...
... and were presented to the University by the late Countess of Pomfret . A
CATALOGUE OF THE POMFRET STATUES , BUSTOS , MARBLES , & c . as they
stand numbered in their prefent Repository . STATUE of a Grecian Lady , 7 feet
high ...
Page 18
11 On the west fide of the Theatre stands the Ath . molean Museum , a handsome
Edifice , built by the University at the request of Elias Ashmole , Esq . Windsor
Herald to King Charles II . who placed here all the Rarities he had collected and ...
11 On the west fide of the Theatre stands the Ath . molean Museum , a handsome
Edifice , built by the University at the request of Elias Ashmole , Esq . Windsor
Herald to King Charles II . who placed here all the Rarities he had collected and ...
Page 20
On the other Side of the Theatre , and North - of the Schools , stands the
Clarendon Printing - House , built in the Year 1711 , with the Profits arising from
the Sale of Lord Clarendon's History : the Copy of which was given to the
University by ...
On the other Side of the Theatre , and North - of the Schools , stands the
Clarendon Printing - House , built in the Year 1711 , with the Profits arising from
the Sale of Lord Clarendon's History : the Copy of which was given to the
University by ...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Publisher | J. Cooke, 1798 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2016 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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