. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . Victoria Fountain, close to it (P. , architect) was formally opened by Princess Louise, May 25th»1899. It was presented to the city by G. H. Morrell, Esq., ,, as amemorial of the <^ueens Diamond Jubilee. Immediately opposite, its beau-tiful grounds sloping down to the river bank, is Mai^dalen College School Hotise,erected in 1893-5 from designs by Sir A. Blomfield and Sons, to accommodatethe Head Master and fifty boarders (see 15). In Cowley-place hard by, isSt. Hildas Hall, one of
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . Victoria Fountain, close to it (P. , architect) was formally opened by Princess Louise, May 25th»1899. It was presented to the city by G. H. Morrell, Esq., ,, as amemorial of the <^ueens Diamond Jubilee. Immediately opposite, its beau-tiful grounds sloping down to the river bank, is Mai^dalen College School Hotise,erected in 1893-5 from designs by Sir A. Blomfield and Sons, to accommodatethe Head Master and fifty boarders (see 15). In Cowley-place hard by, isSt. Hildas Hall, one of the institutions for the education of women,founded in 1893 ; and near it is Cherwell Hall, a Training College forteachers in secondary schools for girls, under the control of the Council of theChurch Education Corporation : it was opened on Oct. 28th, 1902. [In the populous suburbs beyond the bridge are also situate the new Churchof SS. Mary and John (Mowbray, architect), the Mission House of the Society ofSt. John the Evangelist, with its new Conventual Church, opened 12th May, 1896. Magdalen College. 33 (Bodley, architect), foundation stone of tower laid by Lord Halifax. May 12th,1902; several Nonconformist Churches; the House of Charity of the Sistersof Nazareth (), the East Oxford political Clubs, St. Johns Hospital, theWorkhouse, and grounds for Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis, and otter the heights of Bullingdon, about two miles by the middle (< owley) road,are the Barracks, &c., of the 3J2/itary Depot. The IfHey road leans to thepleasant village of IfBey, with its fine Is^orman Church (i^ miles), see p. 127.}Leaving the Bridge, we now retrace our steps towards
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