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Description: | View showing the gardens of New College Oxford. Behind the trees are church spires, most likely those of St Peter in the East which stands to the south of the college. The college was established in 1379. It founder William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester want to resolve 'the fewness of clergy, arising from pestilence, wars and other miseries'. Its aim was to take students particularly from Winchester School and train as clergy and administrators. Unlike other colleges, which acquired their buildings over time, New College received a set of complete buildings at the beginning of its existence. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Buckler | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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