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Sep 13, 2019 · 158. Beaumont Palace marker. Owen Massey/public domain. A small stone plaque almost hidden behind a green hedge is, together with the name of the street it stands on, all that reminds passersby...
This stone set into the wall at the west end of Beaumont Street is understood to have been erected by Alan Brown, a former Vice-Provost of Worcester College. It was restored by Worcester College in 2004, after it was hit by a vehicle in 2003 and left lying in the hedge of 24 Beaumont Street.
Marlstone (Horton Stone, Banbury Ironstone) Marlstone, also known as Hornton Stone or Banbury Ironstone is an iron-rich limestone up to 10m thick, quarried from the Middle Lias (Lower Jurassic) of North Oxfordshire. It weathers to a distinctive golden orange-brown colour but can appear bluish-green when unweathered.
Start: St Clement’s car park, off St Clement’s Street, Oxford, OX4 1AB. Grid Reference: SP 5240 0605. Travel and P&R parking: Arriva 280 bus to Aylesbury from Oxford Railway Station, or towards Oxford from Aylesbury, Thame and Wheatley, every 20 minutes, journey time from railway station 10 minutes). For more distant visitors travelling by ...
7 W.J. Arkell, The Geology of Oxford (1947); P. Powell, The Geology of Oxfordshire (2005). Table 1. Oxfordshire building stone types and corresponding stratigraphic units Building Stone Type Rock Stratigraphic Unit Time Period River gravels (Old Rag) Upper Thames Valley Formation Quaternary Sarsen stone Lambeth Group Paleocene
In the civil parish of Oxford. In the historic county of Oxfordshire. Modern Authority of Oxfordshire. 1974 county of Oxfordshire. Medieval County of Oxfordshire. OS Map Grid Reference: SP51030652 Latitude 51.75506° Longitude -1.26210° Beaumont Palace, Oxford has been described as a certain Palace. There are no visible remains.
Beaumont, the birthplace of both King Richard I (Lionheart) and King John. This report describes the archaeological excavations by Oxford Archaeological Unit, which took place in 1997-8. The first elements of the site to be examined were the back gardens, pits and privies of the fine stone houses built along St. John St and Beaumont St by
