2013
SP5206 : Magdalen College, Oxford
taken 11 years ago, near to Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Magdalen College, Oxford
Early morning on High Street, i.e. the A420 road. This is Magdalen College, opposite the Botantic Garden, looking towards The Plain but before reaching Magdalen Bridge. The large, square Magdalen Tower is a famous landmark, and it has been a tradition since the days of Henry VII that the college choir sings from the top of it at 6 a.m. each May Morning.Magdalen is one of the four Choral Foundations in Oxford, meaning that the formation of the choir was part of the statutes of the college, the other three choral foundations being New College, Christ Church, and, since 2007, Merton College. The choir consists of twelve Academical Clerks who are students at the College and sixteen boys aged seven to fourteen, all of whom have scholarships at Magdalen College School. The nearby school was originally founded for this express purpose but has long since become an independent public school.
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