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Poplar Walk is wide footpath running north–south in Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, England. [1]

32 relations: Alice Liddell, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Barge, Binsey Poplars, Boathouse, Broad Walk, Bypass (road), Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Christ Church War Memorial Garden, Christ Church, Oxford, Constable & Robinson, Dean (education), Eights Week, England, Folly Bridge, Footpath, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Henry Liddell, Oxford, Oxford Mail, Populus, River Cherwell, River Thames, Rowing, Schmap, St. Ebbes, The Isis, The Meadow Building, The Oxford Times, Torpids, University of Michigan Press, University of Oxford.

Alice Liddell

Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (née Liddell; 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934) was, in her childhood, an acquaintance and photography subject of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

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Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed ship, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods.

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Binsey Poplars

‘Binsey Poplars’ is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), written in 1879.

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Boathouse

A boathouse (or a boat house) is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use.

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Broad Walk

Broad Walk is wide walkway running east-west on the north side of Christ Church Meadow and south of Merton Field in central Oxford, England.

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Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety.

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Christ Church Meadow, Oxford

Christ Church Meadow is a well-known flood-meadow, and popular walking and picnic spot in Oxford, England.

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Christ Church War Memorial Garden

Christ Church War Memorial Garden is a garden in Oxford, England, created in 1926 to commemorate the First World War.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædēs, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Constable & Robinson

Constable & Robinson Ltd. is an imprint of Little, Brown which publishes fiction and non-fiction books and ebooks.

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Dean (education)

In academic administrations such as colleges or universities, a dean is the person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both.

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Eights Week

Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main intercollegiate rowing event of the year.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Folly Bridge

Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road south from the centre of Oxford, England.

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Footpath

A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, cycles, and horses.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets.

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Henry Liddell

Henry George Liddell (6 February 1811 – 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–91) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–74), headmaster (1846–55) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after him), author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author (with Robert Scott) of the monumental work A Greek–English Lexicon, known as "Liddell and Scott", which is still widely used by students of Greek.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Oxford Mail

Oxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford owned by Newsquest.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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River Cherwell

The River Cherwell is a major tributary of the River Thames in central England.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Rowing

Rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water, displacing water, and propelling the boat forward.

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Schmap

Schmap is a location technology service provider and local publisher.

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St. Ebbes

St Ebbes is a district of central Oxford, England, southwest of Carfax.

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The Isis

"The Isis" is an alternative name for the River Thames, used from its source in the Cotswolds until it is joined by the Thame at Dorchester in Oxfordshire.

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The Meadow Building

The Meadow Building (known as "Meadows" to students, aka Meadow Buildings) 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.

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The Oxford Times

The Oxford Times is a weekly newspaper, published each Thursday in Oxford, England.

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Torpids

Torpids is one of two series of bumping races, a type of rowing race, held yearly at Oxford University, the other race being Eights.

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University of Michigan Press

The University of Michigan Press is part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar_Walk

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