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Step Into History

Walk Oxford in 1670

AI rebuilds Oxford street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Step Into History · City walk

Restoration Oxford, 1670

Oxford in 1670 is the university city freshly returned to prominence after hosting the king's court during the 1665–66 plague, its new public buildings and college quadrangles reshaping the skyline. The walk moves from the river approaches past college fronts, markets and coffeehouses to Wren's new Sheldonian and the compact cluster of medieval spires and towers.

36 scenes — 24 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Oxford as it stood in 1670 (“History of Oxford”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Grandpont Causeway Approach
  2. 2. Folly Bridge and the Isis
  3. 3. St Aldate's Street
  4. 4. Christ Church Meadow
  5. 5. Christ Church Great Quadrangle
  6. ↳ Cathedral Choir · interior
  7. 6. Christ Church Hall Front
  8. ↳ Great Refectory · interior
  9. 7. Carfax Junction
  10. ↳ St Martin's Nave · interior
  11. 8. High Street
  12. 9. University Church of St Mary
  13. ↳ University Church Nave · interior
  14. 10. Broad Street
  15. 11. Sheldonian Theatre Front
  16. ↳ Sheldonian Painted Ceiling · interior
  17. 12. Bodleian Quadrangle
  18. ↳ Divinity School Vaulted Hall · interior
  19. 13. Duke Humfrey's Library Exterior
  20. ↳ Humfrey's Medieval Manuscript Room · interior
  21. 14. All Souls Forecourt
  22. ↳ All Souls Fellows' Hall · interior
  23. 15. Brasenose Lane
  24. ↳ Brasenose College Dining Hall · interior
  25. 16. Turl Street
  26. 17. Cornmarket
  27. 18. Queen's Lane Coffee House
  28. ↳ Queen's Lane Coffee Room · interior
  29. 19. Holywell Street
  30. 20. New College Lane
  31. 21. Merton Street
  32. ↳ Merton Chapel Choir · interior
  33. 22. Magdalen Bridge and Tower
  34. ↳ Magdalen Chapel Choir · interior
  35. 23. Botanic Garden by the Cherwell
  36. 24. Boar's Hill Distant View