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Showing posts with label Headington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Headington. Show all posts
28 October 2026

The Divinity School in Oxford,
built in 1427-1483, is now part
of the Bodleian Library, with
an unusual Greek inscription

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A glimpse of the Divinity School beyond from the entrance to the Bodleian Library in Oxford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2026) Patrick ...
13 October 2026

A journey back to Narnia,
visiting the grave and home
of CS Lewis in Headington
and his links with Oxford

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The grave of CS Lewis and his brother Warnie Lewis in the churchyard at Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, Oxford (Photograph: Patric...
11 October 2026

Holy Trinity Church, a Gothic
church in Headington Quarry,
Oxford, designed by Gilbert Scott
and with links with CS Lewis

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Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, Oxford, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and was built in 1848-1849 (Photograph: Patrick C...
30 September 2026

A walk down memory lane
along Jack Straw’s Lane in
Oxford, looking for signs of
a long-gone youth hostel

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Jack Straw’s Lane in Headington still has a semi-rural, almost rustic, feeling to it (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2026) Patrick Comerfo...
29 September 2026

Saint Michael and All Angels,
New Marston: a 1950s church
in suburban Oxford with
important works of modern art

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The Church of Saint Michael and All Angels on the corner of Jack Straw’s Lane and Marston Road, Oxford … today is the Feast of Saint Michael...
28 September 2026

Two contrasting churches
in Headington, Baptist
and Catholic, illustrate
church diversity in Oxford

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Headington Baptist Church is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the present building this year, but the church dates back to early 19th cen...
26 September 2026

A return to Headington,
where I find the story of
an anti-war protest behind
the ‘Headington Shark’

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The Headington Shark is a sculpture of a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a terraced house at 2 New High Street (Photograph: P...