THE NEW

OXFORD GUIDE;

OR,

COMPANION THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY..

EXHIBITING EVERY PARTICULAR WORTHY

THE OBSERVATION OF THE CURIOUS

IN EACH OF THE.

Public Buildings, Colleges, Halls, &c.

TO WHICH IS ADDED, A TOUR TO

Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow,

THE SEATS OF

His Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH,
The late Earl of LITCHFIELD,

The Right Hon. the Earl of SHREWSBURY,
The Right Hon. Earl of HARCOURT,

And the Right Hon. the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM.

CONTAINING

An accurate Defcription of their TAPESTRY, PAINTINGS,
SCULPTURES, TEMPLES, GARDENS, and other CURIOSITIES.

BY A GENTLEMAN OF OXFORD.

The TWELFTH EDITION, Corrected and Enlarged.
Embellished with a New Plan of Oxford, and other elegant Engravings.

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Tandem TRITONIDA confpicit ARCEM,

Ingeniis, opibufque, et festa pace virentem.

OXFORD:

OVID. Met. ii. 794.

Printed for W. DAWSON and Co. in the High Street;
And fold by E. NEWBURY, the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard;
And J. ROBINSON, in Paternofter Row, London.

MILTON'S PARADISE REGAINED.

Built nobly, pure the Air, and light the Soil,
ATHENS! The eye of Greece, Mother of Arts
And Eloquence, native to famous Wits,
And hofpitable; in her fweet Recefs,

City, or Suburban, ftudious Walks and Shades!

Book iv. V. 239.

Blenheim House, the Seat of His Grace the Duke

Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Profeffors, &c.

Christ Church

Corpus Chrifti College

D.

Ditchley, the Seat of the late Earl of Litchfield

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Governors of Colleges and Halls

Hertford College

H.

Heythrop, the Scat of the Right Honourable the

Earl of Shrewsbury

83

39

111

Nuneham, the Seat of the Right Hon. Earl Harcourt 117

Stow Gardens, the Seat of the Right Honourable.

the Marquis of Buckingham

81

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