From the site of the henge
Same line extending southwestwards
Oxford Alignments
Old Marston to North Hinksey
Through the Oxford Henge
Total distance approx. 3 miles
by Ellis Taylor
This study is a work in progress
Through the site of the circular henge structure between St. Giles Street and Blackhall Road
publicly notified in July 2008:
In a direct line southwestwards (approx. 40° NW)
a. Keble College Chapel
b. University Parks
c. University Parks Duck Pond
d. River Cherwell/ Marston Brook confluence and bridge
e. Schools Marston
f. St Nicholas Church Marston
g. Regents Park College
h. The site of Beaumont Palace where Richard the
Lionheart and King John were born.
i. Worcester College
j. Hythe Bridge
k. Royal Oxford Hotel
l. St. Thomas Church
m. Osney Cemetery
n. site of Osney Abbey
o. Conduit House, North Hinksey
References:
Oxford AZ Street Plan: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd, Sevenoaks, Kent: www.a-zmaps.co.uk
Ordnance Survey OS Select - Explorer: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Oxford: Bob Trubshaw; www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/oxford.htm
Oxford: Edward Thomas; Signal Books Oxford: First Published 1903: www.signalbooks.co.uk
Oxford ~ A Cultural and Literary History: David Horan; Signal Books, Oxford: First Published 1999: www.signalbooks.co.uk
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