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Sep 13, 2019 · Discover Beaumont Palace Marker in Oxford, England: A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.
- Open-Mic Nights at The Catweazle Club
- Lunch at The Oxford Hub
- Shrunken Heads at The Pitt Rivers Museum
- Choral Music in Christ Church Cathedral
- Ashmolean Museum
- Sailing Past Port Meadow
- Symphonies in The Sheldonian Theatre
- Punting Upstream from Magdalen Bridge
- Lawn Tennis in The University Parks
- Cycling and Coffee at Zappi's Bike Cafe
Brian Briggs,lead singer of indie band Stornoway Briggs, an ecologist with a PhD in wildfowl conservation, lives near the vibrant Cowley Road, which features in many of his lyrics. "Cowley Road is about as alternative as Oxford gets: it has blues nights, jazz nights, reggae nights. There's a pretty diverse mix of people. The best music night in Cow...
Dominic Collingridge,literary tour guide "One of my favourite spots, when I'm not leading literary walking tours, is Turl Street. It attracts everyone: students, regulars, tourists. The street itself is like a living room. The Oxford Hub has a members' room, a library and the wonderful Turl Street Kitchen, with a different menu every day. Until rec...
Richard Dawkins,zoologist and author "One of my favourite places is the University Museum of Natural History. The vertebral ribs of the Victorian gothic ceiling mirror the dinosaur fossils and cabinets below, one of which contains the dodo that inspired Lewis Carroll. Unfortunately it is closed for refurbishment but the excellent Pitt Rivers Museum...
Colin Dexter,crime writer Like his famous detective, the curmudgeonly Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter has a passion for classical music. "One of my earliest Oxford memories is a Summertown choir concert of 1966: when the organist didn't show up 13 members of the audience offered to step in. Oxford is known everywhere for the excellence of its singing...
Philip Pullman,author "There are still places I come across that I've never seen before. I once saw the most marvellous garden through an open door and I never found it again." For the author of His Dark Materials, Oxford is peppered with parallel worlds, and one of his favourites is the Ashmolean Museum. "The collection is inexhaustibly interestin...
Christina Hardyment,author and journalist Port Meadow, mentioned in the Domesday Book, is an expanse of common land that affords unexpected vistas of Oxford, grazing cattle and vast spans of open sky. "I sail north from here on the Thames but you can take the steamer south from Folly bridge. This stretch of river is where Lewis Carroll first told t...
Right Reverend John Pritchard,bishop of Oxford When the bishop was an undergraduate, he heard Fauré's Requiem for the first time in the Sheldonian theatre. "I was sitting up in the gallery, almost on top of the orchestra, with the trebles' voices swirling around me. It was amazing. I knew that this was a special place; although it's tiny, it has a ...
Timothy Walker,director, Oxford University Botanic Garden "Bring a picnic, rent a punt from Magdalen bridge and head up the river Cherwell. You get away from Oxford remarkably quickly. Go before 10am to be first on the river and you'll see bright kingfishers on the banks. In mid-April, you get a stunning eye-level view of the fritillaries blanketin...
Isabelle Westbury,student, cricketer and former president of the Oxford Union "I love playing tennis in the University Parks; I'd never played on grass before. The setting is beautiful and you have to wear whites. The cricket pitch is also stunning. Go to the county matches; with the road nearby they rack up really high batting scores. I like runni...
Flavio Zappi,former Italian pro-cyclist Flavio Zappi, who won a stage of the Giro del Trentino in 1981, moved to Oxford 15 years ago and set up a cycling club. The cafe in his clubhouse, owned and run by Dan Williams and Dan Roiser, serves some of the best coffee in town. "When you're walking you end up most of the time in the city centre but there...
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Beau-mont suggests a beautiful, gently rising hill, and to this day you can feel the land lifting as it leaves Hythe Bridge and makes for the centre of town. Here, beyond the North Gate and within sight of the castle, we have to imagine a fine Norman palace – royal chambers, cloisters, two chapels, kitchens, stables, store-rooms – a ...
Latitude 51.75506° Longitude -1.26210°. Beaumont Palace, Oxford has been described as a certain Palace. There are no visible remains. Description. Beaumont Palace was built by Henry I in the 12th century. Both Richard I and King John were born there.
Dec 8, 2023 · The king's houses, later called Beaumont Palace, were built by Henry I outside the town's North Gate, on a site at the western end of the later Beaumont Street. (fn. 1) Henry I spent Easter at his new hall in Oxford in 1132; (fn. 2) Richard I was born there in 1157 and John in 1167. (fn. 3) Work and repairs on the king's houses were carried out ...
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Aug 9, 2018 · Beaumont Palace King Richard I Was Born Here in 1157 And King John in 1167 Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. Location. 51° 45.301′ N, 1° 15.767′ W. Marker is in Oxford, England, in Oxfordshire.
