. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . the point above meniioned, which is quite easily recognisableas lying just beyond St. Michaels Church (66), whose plain square tower isthe first prominent object which meets the eye looking northward from Carfax.] Here we find ourselves at once on historic ground. A fewyards southward, the North Gate of the city* formerly spanned the * See illustration. Further particulars are given in the chapter Old Oxford,appended to our Shilling Edition, Our publishing house—hence called Bocardo Press,—occupies the
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . the point above meniioned, which is quite easily recognisableas lying just beyond St. Michaels Church (66), whose plain square tower isthe first prominent object which meets the eye looking northward from Carfax.] Here we find ourselves at once on historic ground. A fewyards southward, the North Gate of the city* formerly spanned the * See illustration. Further particulars are given in the chapter Old Oxford,appended to our Shilling Edition, Our publishing house—hence called Bocardo Press,—occupies the site of the bastion on the right of the view, opposite St. Michaels tower. 190^ Aldens Oxford Guide. road, close to the ancient tower of St. Michaels Church, which stillremains (see 66).* From the window of Bocardo—as the prisonover the gateway was called—Cranmer is said to have witnessedthe martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer, which took place outside theN. wall, 16th Oct., 1555. As we walk down Broad-street presentlywe shall find the traditional site marked by a flat cross in the. roadway, just at the foot of the first electric-lamp post. The .beautiful Memorial Cross erected in honour of the martyrs will be seen in due course (58), or it can be visited at once if preferred. The most comprehensive idea of the manifold attractions of Oxford is to begained by a bird seye view from some central and lofty position, whence thevisitor may survey the whole city at a glance, and make his choice of the objectsto which he will give closer inspection at his leisure. This choice can readily * The figures within parentheses through mt this work refer to the consecutive numbersprefixed to the paragraphs which describe the various places, and correspond with theirrespective position on the Kev-Plan.
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