Help with Religious/Christian sights in Oxford?
 

What should we see?? I know there was a lot of famous theologians, and about the Bodleian library....but what else?? Please Help. Thanks!

Maybe this question got lost in the shuffle when Fodors was down, so I will post a reply to put it back to the top. Any help would be great!

Consider attending a service (especially a "sung" service) in Christchurch Cathedral. A great way to see one of the highlights of Oxford.<BR><BR><BR>I don't know which, if any, schools will be open for tours while you're there, but ...<BR><BR>CS Lewis was a student at University College, and then a Fellow of Magdalene College.<BR><BR>John Wesley's rooms in Lincoln College can be visited by arrangement: http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/tour/function/wesley/index_printable.html<BR><BR>

Oxford has a round church, the 12th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It's no longer used as a church, but is open to the public. Any guidebook to Oxford will have information about about the various churches and college chapels in the town.

There's the Martyrs' memorial in St Giles commemorates the martyrdom of Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley ("Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man, for we shall this day light such a candle in England as I trust by God' grace shall never be put out.") <BR><BR>I think KT may be referring to the Round Church in Cambridge, not Oxford. But Iffley Church on the outskirts of Oxford is a spectacular Norman church (not round though).<BR><BR>The pre-Raphaelite painting "The Light of the World" is displayed in Keble Chapel, if it is to your taste.<BR><BR>A walk along the river to the Perch, and then to Binsey, leads you to an old church (St Margaret's) has a healing well, possibly the treacle well in Alice in Wonderland.<BR><BR>I could go on...

Ruth, you're absolutely right -- I was thinking of Cambridge. Thanks for pointing out my mistake so politely.

To add to Ruth's excellent contribution, Cranmer was tried at St Mary's Church in High St, where there is a plaque to commemorate it. On the same traffic island where the Martyrs Memorial stands is St Mary Magdalen church, which is a 'High Church' Anglican Church much associated with the Oxford Movement (Newman, Keble, Pusey etc), and across the road from the memorial is Pusey House, named after one of the leaders, with a famous library and ornate chapel (you'll have to ring a bell to get in). Most ancient college chapels are open to the public, and alongside Christ Church, Magdalene (pronounced Maudlin) College is a fine example of perpendicular Gothic with a celebrated choir.

The British Tourist authority has some excellent brochures on Oxford, including one on religious sites.<BR>They have a website from which you can request brochures, or else call them in NYC if you are in the U.S.