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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 ...
Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named after its bell, Great Tom. It is over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford, which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82.
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 Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford , measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525–1529, he was unable to complete it before his fall from power.
The Meadow Building, Christ Church. The Meadow Building (known as "Meadows" to students, aka Meadow Buildings [1]) is part of Christ Church, Oxford, England, one of the Oxford colleges, looking out south onto Christ Church Meadow on Broad Walk and then along the straight tree-lined Poplar Walk to the River Thames.
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.
To the north is Christ Church with a view of Tom Tower above its main entrance, also on St Aldate's. There is an inscription in the paving of the path through the garden with a quotation from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. [3] [4] Post Second World War development planned for central Oxford included a relief road passing through the ...
Samuel Johnson had rooms as an undergraduate from 1728 on the second floor above the entrance. View of the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford with Tom Tower above from Pembroke Square. Pembroke Square is a square in central Oxford, England, located to the west of St Aldate's and directly adjoining it.