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English: John Speed's map of Oxford , 1605. North is at the bottom. Oxford is still a walled city, but there some buildings are outside the walls, including Magdalen College .
  • "P" is Oxford Castle
  • "N" is Oxford's central crossroads at the junction of the High Street and St Aldates. Broad Street and Holywell Street now run along the line of the north (that is bottom) wall.
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Source The Digital Revolution: Changing Oxford . Map is in the Bodleian Library .
Author John Speed (1542–1629)
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