St Giles', Oxford

Coordinates: 51°45′25″N 1°15′35″W / 51.7569°N 1.2597°W / 51.7569; -1.2597
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Woodstock Road (left) and Banbury Road
(right) to the north.
Balliol College
.
Taylor Institution Library
behind.

St Giles' is a wide boulevard leading north from the centre of

Woodstock Road to the left and Banbury Road to the right, both major roads through North Oxford. At the southern end, the road continues as Magdalen Street at the junction with Beaumont Street to the west. Also to the west halfway along the street is Pusey Street. Like the rest of North Oxford, much of St Giles' is owned by St John's College
.

Church

At the northern end of St Giles' is

War Memorial. The church originates from the 12th century.[3]

Other buildings and structures

The Remembrance Sunday in 2011.

Working from north to south, on the east side are the

Martyrs' Memorial (1843), commemorating the Oxford Martyrs
(1555–56).

Balliol Hall used to stand on the east side of St Giles' at the point that the Banbury Road and Woodstock Road divide. It was in rooms here that lessons began under A. E. Clarke in September 1877 at a school that was to become known as the Dragon School.[4] The school expanded and moved within two years to Crick Road and then in 1895 to its current location in Bardwell Road in North Oxford.

St Giles' Fair, 2007.

Fair

The street is closed to traffic for two days each September for the traditional St Giles' Fair.[5] Formerly, the University Parks was also closed to demonstrate that they are owned by the University of Oxford rather than formally being public. Their closure date is now Christmas Eve.

Gallery

  • The Martyrs' Memorial at the southern end of St Giles'.
    The
    Martyrs' Memorial
    at the southern end of St Giles'.
  • St Giles' Church, looking north from the churchyard.
    St Giles' Church, looking north from the churchyard.
  • Pusey House on the west side of St Giles'.
    Pusey House
    on the west side of St Giles'.
  • The Eagle and Child public house, also on the west side of St Giles'.
    The Eagle and Child public house, also on the west side of St Giles'.

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, Stephanie. "St Giles', Oxford". Oxford History. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ St Giles' Church, Oxford.
  3. ^ Wood, Leslie (June 1974). "St Giles' Oxford: Yesterday and Today — The Story of the Parish of St Giles'".
  4. ^ Jaques, C. H. (1977). "I: Beginnings". A Dragon Century: 1877–1977. Oxford: Blackwell's. pp. 1–7.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Stephanie. "St Giles Fair". Oxford History. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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