Martyrs Memorial
A cross in St. Giles Street marks the spot where the reformers Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer were burned at the stake between 1555-56, an event commemorated by the Martyrs’ Memorial (1841). The nearby Rhodes House (headquarters of the Rhodes Trust founded in honor of South African statesman Cecil Rhodes) is also worth checking out. Also close by is the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, built in 1855 and containing a number of interesting collections, including geological, mineralogical, and zoological sections, as well as work by Darwin, Burchell, and Hope. There’s also a pleasant walk along the Cherwell past Parson’s Pleasure to a path called Mesopotamia, which leads to Magdalen Bridge.
England Culture & Tourism Route © Monika Simon Newbound 2020
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