Martyrs' Memorial
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TeamWard
Nottingham, UK5,691 contributions
Feb 2020
Martyrs' memorial is an interesting and easily missed item to locate while wandering the streets of Oxford just across the road from the Ashmolean museum.
Written 8 March 2020
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Bertie1224
Northamptonshire, UK1,438 contributions
Aug 2020 • Couples
Splendid piece of Victorian gothic architecture that could easily just be driven past. Looking down from the third floor of the Randolph hotel gives it a whole new perspective.
Written 24 August 2020
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Nicholas H
London, UK20,403 contributions
Aug 2019 • Solo
This Gothic monument was erected in 1563 to commemorate the three clerics, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, executed in Oxford for heresy in 1555. It’s in a prime city centre location opposite the Ashmolean Museum and the Randolph Hotel. Although quite stained because of modern pollution, it’s one of the many must see locations in Oxford.
Written 9 August 2019
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Thomas N.R. Johnson
Stockholm, Sweden739 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
This kind of memorial has a little strange aura around it ... at first it looks like a church spire has fallen down the middle of the street (and where is the church building itself - you gaze around ...). Then it is understood that this is a monument in itself, usually of important historical burden. The location makes it also an excellent reference point and meeting place. A little melancholy beautiful.
Written 4 August 2019
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alisdair t
Workington, UK6,340 contributions
Sept 2016 • Couples
The Martyrs' Memorial is a stone monument, constructed in 1840-42, standing at the intersection of the southern end of St Giles Street in Oxford. It commemorates the three Anglican bishops who were burned at the stake under Queen Mary in the 1550's.. Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer. The bishops were tried for heresy at University Church of St Mary the Virgin and imprisoned at the Bocado Prison near St Michael at the North Gate Church, before being burned at the stake just outside the city walls in Broad Street. You can visit that site, actually in the middle of the road now, in Broad Street and is marked by a cross of bricks set in the road.
Written 13 September 2016
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BarneyMate
157 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
It's a big column in the middle of Oxford, commemorating three Protestants burnt alive for their faith. An impressice structure, but would look better without the weeds growing on it.
Written 19 August 2014
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janahn875
United States129 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
This memorial is an important monument to Christian Church history. Research first, and look for the marker in the road that marks the spot where the men were killed. Also note that the memorial sits on the property of a Catholic church. Interesting...
Written 6 January 2013
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Christine K
Barnsley, UK1,084 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
This impressive monument commemorates the burning at the stake of archbishops Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley for their religious beliefs. Its worth a visit, and personally I don’t think its respectful for people to sit on the steps up to it given that it marks such a sad event, but each to their own!
Written 5 June 2023
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sheepygold
london5,427 contributions
Apr 2022 • Couples
This is an impressive Victorian memorial with an interesting history which is outlined in a plaque. There is an interesting photo in the small town hall museum showing a steeplejack removing a chamber pot from the pinnacle of the memorial that had been placed there by a student.
Written 18 April 2022
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Matthew P
Bury, UK243 contributions
Sept 2019
The memorial is a great example and well worth a visit as part of a wider tour of the city. However there isn’t a massive amount to see so it doesn’t take a lot of time.
It is interesting to do some additional reading, either during your tour or at a later point. We found out the memorial represents the 3 martyrs of Oxford who were convicted of heresy and executed by being burned nearby - also in the city.
Each of the martyrs is displayed on different sides of the tower and the memorial itself is very similar to a church steeple.
We were also told there have been occasional rumours about an underground church below the memorial but this apparently isn’t true.
It is interesting to do some additional reading, either during your tour or at a later point. We found out the memorial represents the 3 martyrs of Oxford who were convicted of heresy and executed by being burned nearby - also in the city.
Each of the martyrs is displayed on different sides of the tower and the memorial itself is very similar to a church steeple.
We were also told there have been occasional rumours about an underground church below the memorial but this apparently isn’t true.
Written 24 September 2019
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