OXFORD

2001

The great Ashmolean Museum has a vast collection of antiquities - including Anglo-Saxon artifacts of great interest. It is free, which is no accident: it boasts being Britain's "oldest public museum". And it is certainly one of the finest.

The Eagle and Child Pub (also known locally as the Bird and Baby) was a favorite meeting place for C. S. Lewis and the Inklings.

This is Broad Street looking toward the Bodleian. That's Balliol College on the immediate left. It is one of the most famous Colleges that comprise the University and was founded in 1263. Trinity College is a bit farther on.

 

The world's absolute best bookstore - Blackwell's. Or at least we think so. It looks so small outside, but stretches on and on inside on many levels.

 

 

Entrance to the Bodleian Library. This, too, looks small, but the library - in many buildings - is one of the world's premiere libraries. In fact it is used by scholars all over the world and is the main research library of the University.

 

Pusey House is very important to our Anglican heritage, having been founded as a center of Catholic worship and teaching in the University of Oxford.  As a place of scholarship and learning,  it has produced many pastors and theologians . . . and, yes, bishops.

 

The Radcliffe Camera is one of the most famous buildings in Oxford and an important part of the Bodleian where I spent some time. Click the picture for a larger view, and your browser's BACK button to return here. The Martyr's Memorial recalls the burning at the stake of Archbishop Cranmer and Bishops Ridley and Latimer near this site in Oxford. Click the picture for a larger view, and your browser's BACK button to return here.