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Broad Street, Oxford

Index Broad Street, Oxford

Broad Street is a wide street in central Oxford, England, just north of the former city wall. [1]

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  1. 63 relations: Ashmolean Museum, Balliol College, Oxford, Basil Champneys, Bastion, Beaumont Street, Benjamin Henry Blackwell, Blackwell's, Blue plaque, Bodleian Library, Bookselling, Boswells of Oxford, Burgage, Cannon, Catte Street, Cecil Jackson-Cole, Chapel of St Mary at Smith Gate, Charity shop, Christopher Wren, Clarendon Building, Coralline Oolite Formation, Cornmarket Street, Department store, Elias Ashmole, England, Exeter College, Oxford, George Street, Oxford, Gothic Revival architecture, Granite, Henry Acland, Henry Taunt, Hertford College, Oxford, History of Science Museum, Oxford, Holywell Press, Holywell Street, Oxford, Hugh Latimer, Indian Institute, Joseph Thornton (bookseller), Magdalen Street, Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Nicholas Ridley (martyr), Oxfam, Oxford, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Illustrated Press, Oxford Martin School, Oxford Martyrs, Oxford University Press, Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Parks Road, ... Expand index (13 more) »

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Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum.

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Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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Basil Champneys

Basil Champneys (17 September 1842 – 5 April 1935) was an English architect and author whose most notable buildings include Manchester's John Rylands Library, Somerville College Library (Oxford), Newnham College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Mansfield College, Oxford and Oriel College, Oxford's Rhodes Building.

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Bastion

A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort.

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Beaumont Street

Beaumont Street is a street in the centre of Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Beaumont Street are streets in Oxford.

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Benjamin Henry Blackwell

Benjamin Henry Blackwell (10 January 1849 – 26 October 1924) was an English bookseller and politician who founded the Blackwell's chain of bookshops in Oxford.

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Blackwell's

Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones. Broad Street, Oxford and Blackwell's are bookshops of England.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford.

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Bookselling

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.

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Boswells of Oxford

Boswells of Oxford was the largest independent family-run department store in Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Boswells of Oxford are history of Oxford.

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Burgage

Burgage is a medieval land term used in Great Britain and Ireland, well established by the 13th century.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Catte Street

Catte Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Catte Street are streets in Oxford.

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Cecil Jackson-Cole

Cecil Jackson-Cole (1901-1979) was an English entrepreneur and humanitarian.

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Chapel of St Mary at Smith Gate

The octagonal Chapel of St Mary at Smith Gate is a former chapel in Oxford, England, now part of Hertford College. Broad Street, Oxford and chapel of St Mary at Smith Gate are history of Oxford.

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Charity shop

A charity shop (British English), thrift shop or thrift store (American English and Canadian English, also includes for-profit stores such as Savers) or opportunity shop or op-shop (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.

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Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Wren FRS (–) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England.

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Clarendon Building

The Clarendon Building is an early 18th-century neoclassical building of the University of Oxford.

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Coralline Oolite Formation

The Coralline Oolite Formation is a limestone formation of Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) age, found in the Cleveland Basin of North Yorkshire, England.

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Cornmarket Street

Cornmarket Street (colloquially referred to as Cornmarket or historically The Corn) is a major shopping street and pedestrian precinct in Oxford, England that runs north to south between Magdalen Street and Carfax Tower. Broad Street, Oxford and Cornmarket Street are shopping streets in Oxford and streets in Oxford.

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Department store

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category.

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Elias Ashmole

Elias Ashmole 23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices. Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian leaning towards the study of nature.

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England

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

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Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university.

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George Street, Oxford

George Street is a street in central Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and George Street, Oxford are shopping streets in Oxford and streets in Oxford.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Henry Acland

Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, (23 August 181516 October 1900) was an English physician and educator.

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Henry Taunt

Henry William Taunt (1842–1922) was a professional photographer, author, publisher and entertainer based in Oxford, England.

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Hertford College, Oxford

Hertford College, previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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History of Science Museum, Oxford

The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum.

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Holywell Press

Holywell Press Ltd is a family printing and publishing company based in Oxford, England.

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Holywell Street, Oxford

Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Holywell Street, Oxford are streets in Oxford.

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Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer (– 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI.

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Indian Institute

The Indian Institute was an institute within the University of Oxford.

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Joseph Thornton (bookseller)

Joseph Thornton (28 September 1808 – 2 June 1891) was a bookseller who founded Thornton's Bookshop in 1835 in Oxford, England, the oldest university bookshop in the city.

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Magdalen Street

Magdalen Street is a short shopping street in central Oxford, England, just north of the original north gate in the city walls. Broad Street, Oxford and Magdalen Street are shopping streets in Oxford and streets in Oxford.

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Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford

The Martyrs' Memorial is a stone monument positioned at the intersection of St Giles', Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street, to the west of Balliol College, Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford are history of Oxford.

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Nicholas Hawksmoor

Nicholas Hawksmoor (– 25 March 1736) was an English architect.

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Nicholas Ridley (martyr)

Nicholas Ridley (– 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster").

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Oxfam

Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Oxford Illustrated Press

The Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd was a book publishing company associated with Oxford, England.

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Oxford Martin School

The Oxford Martin School is a research and policy unit based in the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford.

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Oxford Martyrs

The Oxford Martyrs were Protestants tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake in Oxford, England, for their religious beliefs and teachings, during the Marian persecution in England. Broad Street, Oxford and Oxford Martyrs are history of Oxford.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board established in 1999 was the brainchild of Sir Hugo Brunner, then Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, and Edwin Townsend-Coles, Chairman of the Oxford Civic Society.

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Parks Road

Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. Broad Street, Oxford and Parks Road are streets in Oxford.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Picture frame

A picture frame is a protective and decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photograph.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Sarah Angelina Acland

Sarah Angelina "Angie" Acland (26 June 1849 – 2 December 1930) was an English amateur photographer, known for her portraiture and as a pioneer of colour photography.

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Sett (paving)

A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways.

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Sheldonian Theatre

Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford.

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St Giles', Oxford

St Giles' is a wide boulevard leading north from the centre of Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and St Giles', Oxford are streets in Oxford.

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Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a British religious figure who was leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See.

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Thornton's Bookshop

Thornton's Bookshop (locally known as Thornton's) was the oldest university bookshop in Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Thornton's Bookshop are bookshops of England and history of Oxford.

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Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Turl Street

Turl Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England. Broad Street, Oxford and Turl Street are history of Oxford, shopping streets in Oxford and streets in Oxford.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Weston Library

The Weston Library is part of the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, reopened within the former New Bodleian Library building on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road in central Oxford, England.

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See also

Bookshops of England

Shopping streets in Oxford

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street,_Oxford

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