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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]

59 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, Charity shop, Christopher Wren, Clarendon Building, Coral Rag Formation, Cornmarket Street, Department store, Elias Ashmole, England, Exeter College, Oxford, George Street, Oxford, Gothic Revival architecture, Granite, Henry Acland, Henry Taunt, Holywell Street, Hugh Latimer, Indian Institute, Joseph Thornton, Magdalen Street, Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, 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, Penguin Books, Picture frame, Roman emperor, ..., Sarah Angelina Acland, Sheldonian Theatre, St Giles', Oxford, Thomas Cranmer, Thornton's Bookshop, Trinity College, Oxford, Turl Street, University of Oxford, Weston Library. Expand index (9 more) »

Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum.

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Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, founded in 1263,: Graduate Studies Prospectus - Last updated 17 Sep 08 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Basil Champneys

Basil Champneys (17 September 1842 – 5 April 1935) was an 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.

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Beaumont Street

Beaumont Street is a street in the centre of Oxford, England.

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Benjamin Henry Blackwell

Benjamin Henry Blackwell (10 January 1849 – 26 October 1924) was an English bookseller and politician, best known for founding 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.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere 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, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.

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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 is the largest independent family-run department store in Oxford, England.

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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 (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant.

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Catte Street

Catte Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England.

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Cecil Jackson-Cole

Cecil Jackson-Cole (Albert Cecil Cole; 1 November 1901 – 9 August 1979) was an English entrepreneur and humanitarian.

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Charity shop

A charity shop or thrift shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.

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Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (–) was an English anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist, as well as one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.

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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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Coral Rag Formation

The Coral Rag Formation is a geologic formation in England.

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Cornmarket Street

Cornmarket Street (Otherwise 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.

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Department store

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments".

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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.

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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.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Henry Acland

Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, KCB (23 August 181516 October 1900).

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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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Holywell Street

Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England.

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Hugh Latimer

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

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Indian Institute

The Indian Institute in central Oxford, England, is at the north end of Catte Street on the corner with Holywell Street and facing down Broad Street from the east.

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Joseph Thornton

Joseph Thornton (1808–1891) 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.

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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, just outside Balliol College, Oxford, England.

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Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

The Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century.

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Nicholas Hawksmoor

Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 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 confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

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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 English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.

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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.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999, is administered by 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.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Picture frame

A picture frame is a decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photograph, intended to enhance it, make it easier to display or protect it.

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Roman emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period (starting 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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Sheldonian Theatre

The 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.

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Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a 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.

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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 an historic street in central Oxford, England.

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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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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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References

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

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