Last weekend was spent in Oxford. Although I spent a lot of time in coffee shops, I was working (amongst other things, planning for some of the series I will be running on JDM's History Explorer); and I attended a couple of meetings about US Law and History - I did spend some time exploring the great history that is to be found in the city.
One of the oldest remaining buildings is pictured above. St Michael at North Gate is now part of the very busy shopping street, we now know as Cornmarket Street. It's name derives from the fact that it stands adjacent to the site of Oxford's original North Gate. It was built in the first half of the Eleventh Century, the tower dating from 26 years prior to the Norman conquest - and it has distinctive Saxon features.
It's well worth a visit - and more details of the church, its tower and the rest of its historic heritage can be found on the church's website.
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