University Church of St Mary the Virgin

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin is an church in situated on the north side of the High Street. It is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in central Oxford, UK
  • Also known as: “St Mary the Virgin” and “The University Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include All Souls College and Brasenose College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows.

University
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, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in .

Library
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The is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house a library, ultimately becoming a reading room of the Bodleian Library, not open to the public, after the original library moved out.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.

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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.

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.

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.

University Church of St Mary the Virgin

Latitude
51.75277° or 51° 45′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.25377° or 1° 15′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C3WQP3W+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 60903337
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q581986
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“University Church of St Mary the Virgin” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Mary the Virgin Grounds and The Rhodes Building (north range), Oriel College.

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