The Cathedral Cities of England and Wales, Oxford (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Cathedral Cities of England and Wales, Oxford

The High Street is half a. Mile long, and in parts 85 feet broad; the street which crosses it is at the northern approach 146 feet broad and upwards of feet in length. No other city could produce so long and stately an avenue as that of St. Giles which has been replanted with lime-trees.

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Excerpt from The Cathedral Cities of England and Wales, Oxford

The following pages, it is hoped, will contain the information which a member of the University or resident in the City would wish to give to an intelligent visitor at Oxford, written by one who was an early member of the Oxford Architectural Society, and, like every man who has had the good fortune to be enrolled on the books of the University, proud of the most beautiful city and most famous seat of learning in the world.

The principal printed works consulted are: - Proc. Arch. Inst. 1850; Journ. Arch. Inst. vii.; Vita Sanct. Fridesw.; Mabillon, Acta Sanct. iii. pt. i. 524, viii. 533; Capgrave, N. Leg. Angl. fo. 152; Beauties of England and Wales, ed. Brewer, 1813; Skelton's Oxfordshire, 1823, and Oxon. Antiq. Rest.; Pointer's Oxon. Acad., 1749; Wood's Hist., ed. Gutch, 1796; Ingram's Memorials of Oxford; Dugdale's Monasticon, ii. 130-174; Leland, Coll. i. 342, iii. 72; Willis, Mitred Abbeys, i. 279-281, ii. 180-7, 333-4; and Ackermann's History, 1814.

This volume is published in a separate form, for the convenience of the purchaser both as regards cost and portability, and makes a section in a collective History of our Cities and Cathedrals, now in course of publication.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.