SP5105 : Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
near to Oxford, Oxfordshire, Great Britain

Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
The famous 'Tom Tower' was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and houses the 7 ton 'Great Tom' bell, taken from the 12th century Osney Abbey. The bell tolls 101 times every night at 9:05 (9pm Oxford local time), originally to sound curfew for college members (who numbered 101). The Tower is a slightly later addition to the rest of the college, founded by Cardinal Wolsey as "Cardinal's College". The photograph was taken from within Tom Quad, Oxford's largest quadrangle.
year taken
2003
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- SP5105, 137 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Philip Talmage (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 28 September, 2003 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 24 August, 2005
- Category
- Tower (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SP 51 05 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.7504N 1:15.3275W
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