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- New College Lane is named after New College, one of the University of Oxford’s oldest and most prestigious colleges, founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham. The lane itself has been a significant part of the city since medieval times, and its layout and structures have changed little over the centuries.
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The college is in the centre of Oxford, between Holywell Street and New College Lane (known for Oxford's Bridge of Sighs). Its sister college is King's College, Cambridge. The choir of New College has recorded over one hundred albums, and has won two Gramophone Awards.
New College Lane is a historic street in central Oxford, England, [1] [2] named after New College, one of the older Oxford colleges, adjacent to the north. In 2010, New College Lane was named Britain's fourth most picturesque street, as part of Google 's Street View Awards.
How to find us. If you are visiting the College as a tourist, please use the entrance on New College Lane. The Visitors' Entrance on New College Lane. Directions to New College Visitors' Entrance from Radcliffe Square.
Original Entrance. The original entrance is in New College Lane. This gatehouse carries the statues of the Founder, together with the Virgin Mary, to whom the College is dedicated, and the Archangel Gabriel. Above are the Warden's Lodgings, still today in their original position.
The main entrance to New College is on Holywell Street, not through New College Lane (the original entrance to the College). If you are using SatNav to find us, set 'Holywell Street' as the destination rather than the postcode as the postcode will take you to the New College Lane entrance.
Nov 4, 2019 · New College, Oxford, is now almost 650 years old. In this extensive article, John Goodall looks at the most widely copied university college in England, a building inspired by a great 14th-century palace, while Geoffrey Tyack examines the development of one of Oxford’s most imposing medieval colleges from the Reformation to the present day.