St Michael at the North Gate

St Michael at the North Gate is a church in , at the junction with Ship Street, in central , England. The name derives from the church's location on the site of the north gate of Oxford when it was surrounded by the Oxford city wall.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in central Oxford, England
  • Also known as: “St Michael at the Northgate” and “St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford”
  • Address: Cornmarket Street, OX1 3EY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balliol College and Jesus College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. is situated 450 feet north of St Michael at the North Gate.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the , on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, and Market Street.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from , Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315. is situated 650 feet east of St Michael at the North Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Jericho.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Suburb
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is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Quarter
is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

St Michael at the North Gate

Latitude
51.75376° or 51° 45′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.25836° or 1° 15′ 30″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q7594875
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Irish—“St Michael at the North Gate” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “北门圣米迦勒堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت مايكل عند البوابه الشماليه”
  • Irish: “St Michael at the North Gate”

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Highlights include Saxon Tower and Cornmarket Street.

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