Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ing of collegegates. The E?itra?ice Gateway, well worthy of its old name, TheFaire Gate, was erected to the height of the two smaller towers by * Should the visitor, by preference or chance, have entered Christ Church by Tomgate, he will find it necessary to reverse the order of the description, beginning with on this page, and tracing back to No. 2b on page 60. Christ Church.—Folly Bridge. 69 Cardinal Wolsey, whose statue is over the gateway j but the Bell-tower was added by Sir Christopher Wren, about 1682.
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . ing of collegegates. The E?itra?ice Gateway, well worthy of its old name, TheFaire Gate, was erected to the height of the two smaller towers by * Should the visitor, by preference or chance, have entered Christ Church by Tomgate, he will find it necessary to reverse the order of the description, beginning with on this page, and tracing back to No. 2b on page 60. Christ Church.—Folly Bridge. 69 Cardinal Wolsey, whose statue is over the gateway j but the Bell-tower was added by Sir Christopher Wren, about 1682. Beneath the noble archway let us turn to observe the very striking effect ofthe quadrangle, — Hall, Belfry, &c.—as seen from this point ; and then,stepping out into St. Aldates-street, gain our final impression of Christ Churchfrom its grand West front (see engraving, p. 6S). At the S. end of this front a lane (shown in our Plan) leads directly to theBroad Walk, Meadow Walks, and the river I sis (see p. 59). Near this Meadow Gate * stood the South Gate of the City. christ church mealOW walk. (demolished 1771) ; and on the opposite side of the street, justbelow, is an ancient house with ornamented gables, believed tohave been the palace of Bishop King, the last Abbot of Osney andfirst Bishop of Oxford,* 1542-57, whose tomb is in the S. aisle of theCathedral (see p. 63). Further S., on the site of the present bridgeover the Isis, was a tower said to have been occupied as an obser-vatory by Friar Bacon,* and afterwards leased to a citizen namedWelcome, who added another storey, hence called Welcomes Engravings of Friar Bacons Study and Bp. Kings Palace are given in the chapteron Old Oxford, appended to our Shilling edition. 70 Aldens Oxford Guide. Folly. This bridge thus acquired the title of Folly Bridge,which it still retains, although the tower was pulled down in this bridge an excellent view is obtained of the course of the river Isistowards Iffley, gay with ba
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