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Christ Church, formally titled "The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth", [1] is the only academic institution in the world which is also a cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Oxford. The Visitor of Christ Church is the reigning British sovereign [16] (currently King Charles ...
The choir, looking towards the organ and entrance. The cathedral was originally the church of St Frideswide's Priory.The site was historically presumed to be the location of the nunnery founded by St Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford, and the shrine is now in the Latin Chapel; originally containing relics translated at the rebuilding in 1180, it was the focus of pilgrimage from at least ...
Christ Church War Memorial Garden is a garden in Oxford, England, created in 1926 to commemorate the First World War. [1] [2] The war memorial garden, in memory of members of Christ Church, Oxford, one of the Oxford colleges, is located east off St Aldate's at the western end of Broad Walk, which leads along the northern edge of Christ Church ...
Henry Liddell (1811–1898) dean of Christ Church, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and headmaster of Westminster School. Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet (1943–), Father of George Osborne; William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania; Hubert Chesshyre, retired British officer of arms found to have committed child sexual abuse [13 ...
John Fell, Bishop of Oxford. John Fell (23 June 1625 – 10 July 1686) was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, [1] [2] and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.
Oxford's Christ Church Cathedral, memorial to Henry Aldrich Peckwater Quadrangle of Christ Church, Oxford, designed by Henry Aldrich. Evidence of his skill as an architect may be seen in the church and campanile of All Saints Church, Oxford, and in three sides of the so-called Peckwater Quadrangle of Christ Church, which were erected after his ...
The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford and seat of the Bishop of Oxford. The chapter of canons of the cathedral formed the governing body of the college from its foundation until the Christ Church (Oxford) Act of 1867, by which the Governing Body was expanded to include the Students (academics) in addition ...
The Canterbury Quadrangle is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. [1] It stands on the site of the former Canterbury College. [2] On the west side is Christ Church Library, whose north façade completes the four sides of Peckwater Quadrangle. On the east side is Canterbury Gate with access to Oriel Square and Merton Street.