Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . to Ireton; and that in 1644 the Earl of Essex and Sir W. Wallercame with their forces from Abingdon over Sandford Ferry, andso through Cowley and over Bullingdon Green en route for Islip.*And we may be thankful that our own lot was not cast in thegood old times; for the Oxford of to-day will be found a farpleasanter place of sojourn than the Oxford of the troubled timesof the Civil War, or those of William and Mary, Anne, or anyone of the Georges. G. R. * It was on May 29th—the Eve of the Ascension, and Charles I. w
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . to Ireton; and that in 1644 the Earl of Essex and Sir W. Wallercame with their forces from Abingdon over Sandford Ferry, andso through Cowley and over Bullingdon Green en route for Islip.*And we may be thankful that our own lot was not cast in thegood old times; for the Oxford of to-day will be found a farpleasanter place of sojourn than the Oxford of the troubled timesof the Civil War, or those of William and Mary, Anne, or anyone of the Georges. G. R. * It was on May 29th—the Eve of the Ascension, and Charles I. went out on the topof Magdalen Tower to watch the troops of Essex as they crossed over Bullingdon. Godstow Nunnery. 119. RUINS OF GODSTOW NUNNERY. Godstow.—The ruined vestiges of the old Nunnery here give specialinterest to a charming spot by the Thames, situate about two miles north ofOxford, and approached by one of the pleasantest of riverside walks. Thenunnery was founded by Edith, wife of Robert DOyley, in 1138 ; and withinits walls Fair Rosamond received her education, passed her later days in quietseclusion, and was buried before the high altar of the church. Godstow is reached by Walton Bridge, which is close to the northern terminusof the Walton-street tramway. (See pape 80 in the Guide.) $tst of Illustrations in %Mn*B (JMorir May Morning on Magdalen Tower ... Arms of the City ami University ... North Gate and Bocardo, from the North ... The Sheldonian Theatre King Henry Sword and Guy Fawkes Lantern The Divinity School (interior) The Schools Tower The Picture Gallery, Bodleian Library Wadham College, The Arms of The University Museum, Statue of Lord Bacon in Keble College, Arms and Gat
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