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Title: Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Alden, Edward C
Subjects: University of Oxford
Publisher: Oxford : Alden
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Sydney Smith. Passing through a deeply recessed and richly moulded arch in the City Wall,we find ourselves again in the original Quadrangle. Leaving this by the gate at which we entered, we turn to our left under a grim old archway of the 17thcentury (see page 22), and, noticing on the right a picturesque cluster of academic buildings (All Souls, 19), follow the zigzag course of the lane till we reach 13. St. Peters-in-the-East Church, one of the most ancient and interesting churches in the city. The fine NormanCrypt (36 ft. by 21 ft. and 10 ft. in height) appears to be of earlier date than the chancel over it (c. 1150). The nave retains on the S. side and at the W. end its original Norman wall up to a certain height; but great alterations were made at a later date, commencing on the N. side in the latter half of the 13th century. * See the notes on Old Oxford, appended to our Shilling edition. In the gardens are some rare trees, among them specimens of the Catelpa and the Cut beard Alder,
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