St Michael At The Northgate
The tower of the Church of england parish church of St Michael at the Northgate is the oldest building in Oxford. It is Saxon and dates from about AD 1000–50. The church is named after the medieval gate of Oxford's city walls that spanned the north end of Cornmarket.
Near this church was the Bocardo Prison, where the Oxford Martyrs were imprisoned in 1555–56 before being burnt at the stake outside the town wall in what is now Broad Street nearby.
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