'Oxford Candy Store at 9 Littlegate Street was the first premises used by Balliol Boys' Club when it opened on 7 February 1907. On the right was a second shop heavily boarded to the ceiling,lighted with flaring gas-jets and known as the 'Bashing room.' A fast and extremely noisy species of football prevailed there and provided an admirable way of letting off steam.
To the left a second door led to a drab canteen and a rickety stair. Above was a tiny office, illuminated by one candle, a front room, later turned into a chapel, and a small room used for draughts, really a passage leading through a sliding fireproof door to the gym.
This had once been the workshop of the sweet factory and the walls still lined with slate-topped benches. On the second floor were two small rooms used as a library and for quiet games, debates, or rehearsals, and a long attic used as a shooting
range. The illumination was again a single candle, sometimes mistaken, not without intention, for the target,'
Description by Hubert
Secretan in 1911, from A short History of Balliol Boys Club.
In the 1820s. Holy Trinity parish was established from the southern part of St Ebbe's parish in 1845. In 1823, the property was sold to William Fisher, a builder of Oxford, for £1.810 at which time it was described as: 'This estate. .. consists of
stone built sashed and. slated dwelling house, containing a good entrance hall and staircase, three good sitting rooms, with capital kitchen an the ground floor; six servant rooms on the attic storey, with convenient closets and good cellaring; detached are a laundry, brew and washhouse, large roomy coachhouse and stabling with lofts and all requisite conveniences, together with two large gardens and orchard abundantly planted with fine fruit trees and whole comprising about an acre of land enclosed by a lofty stone wall and bounded by the river... '
Thursday 10 May 2007
ST EBBE'S CHURCH. 1880
The Church is named after Ebba, the daughter of Aethelfrith, King of Northumbrian and sister of the Northumbrian kings, Oswald and Oswy. Her Father was killed in battle in 617, and she and her brothers lived in exile. She became a nun and founded a religious house at Ebchester on the Derwent, becoming Abbess of Coldingham in Berwickshire. Ebba died in 683.
There is a reference in 1005 to 'ancient St Ebbe's' and it is thus the earliest mentioned Parish Church in the City of Oxford. The Church has been rebuilt and enlarged many times, being demolished in 1813 with the exception of the tower and South-west corner. A new church was built on the enlarged site, which took in the site of the rectory which had stood on the corner of St Ebbe's Street and Church Street.
After demolition a short length of road remained, but the Cul-de-sac was renamed Pennyfarthing Place. The Pennyfarthing public house was opened in 1974. The name was originally a medieval street, now Pembroke Street, and was derived from an old family who resided in this area, one of whom was William Penyverthing, Provost of Oxfordshire during the reign of Henry III, about 1240.
The lane off Pennyfarthing Place was to be called Penny Lane, but was changed to Roger Bacon Lane, to commemorate the famous friar, Inventor and educationalist, who is buried in the parish, having died in 1294.
The City of Oxford Technical Day School started in 1894 as an off-shoot of the adult evening technical schools established by the corporation in the Church Street premises formerly used by the Blue Coat School. Day classes were held for thirteen to sixteen year olds in science, mathematics, English, drawing, shorthand, book-keeping, carpentry, dress-making, and cookery. Fees were £1.00 a term.
Discussions started in 1904 to provide new premises, but decisions were delayed until 1913 and then had to be postponed indefinitely.
After the First World War numbers increased by 1920 157 children were attending. In 1921 the school was reconstituted as the Municipal Secondary school for boys only, although girls already in the school were allowed to remain for two more years. An extra house in Church Street was taken over and a hut provided as an assembly hall. J H Brookes, became head of school in the 1940s, and is now immortalized in Brookes University, named after him.
The Franciscans arrived in Oxford in 1224 and settled right by the Church, outside the City wall, where they built an enormous friary - Greyfriars - which completely overshadowed the little church. Permission was given for them to breach the city wall and make a little gate to give them access to the city; this is preserved in the name of Littlegate Street.
A deed of 1737 shows Charles Street, known as Turn Again Lane. Wood Street ran off the lane to the south, ending in a blank wall at Trill Mill Stream, where a flight of Steps led down to the water. During the nineteenth century vehicular access was made possible to penson's Gardens. Before that, pedestrians could walk through the inner Friary gate, but other traffic had to turn back. No 9 Charles Street was occupied for many years by the Robinson family.
A Victorian drinking fountain dating from 1859, donated by Oxford Member of Parliament James Langston, was installed in the south wall of Littlegate House, the vicarage for nearby Holy Trinity Parish, to provide pure water in an area of polluted wells. The fountain was lost in the 1960s when a garage was incorporated into the wall.
There is a reference in 1005 to 'ancient St Ebbe's' and it is thus the earliest mentioned Parish Church in the City of Oxford. The Church has been rebuilt and enlarged many times, being demolished in 1813 with the exception of the tower and South-west corner. A new church was built on the enlarged site, which took in the site of the rectory which had stood on the corner of St Ebbe's Street and Church Street.
After demolition a short length of road remained, but the Cul-de-sac was renamed Pennyfarthing Place. The Pennyfarthing public house was opened in 1974. The name was originally a medieval street, now Pembroke Street, and was derived from an old family who resided in this area, one of whom was William Penyverthing, Provost of Oxfordshire during the reign of Henry III, about 1240.
The lane off Pennyfarthing Place was to be called Penny Lane, but was changed to Roger Bacon Lane, to commemorate the famous friar, Inventor and educationalist, who is buried in the parish, having died in 1294.
The City of Oxford Technical Day School started in 1894 as an off-shoot of the adult evening technical schools established by the corporation in the Church Street premises formerly used by the Blue Coat School. Day classes were held for thirteen to sixteen year olds in science, mathematics, English, drawing, shorthand, book-keeping, carpentry, dress-making, and cookery. Fees were £1.00 a term.
Discussions started in 1904 to provide new premises, but decisions were delayed until 1913 and then had to be postponed indefinitely.
After the First World War numbers increased by 1920 157 children were attending. In 1921 the school was reconstituted as the Municipal Secondary school for boys only, although girls already in the school were allowed to remain for two more years. An extra house in Church Street was taken over and a hut provided as an assembly hall. J H Brookes, became head of school in the 1940s, and is now immortalized in Brookes University, named after him.
"Mid-17th century and 18th century gabled stone houses (formerly Nos 8, 8a, 9 and 10) remain in a area dominated by the Westgate Centre, having been saved in 1971 by the perseverance of a few Individuals and the Oxford Preservation Trust's willingness to buy them. The Trust's offices are now in number 10. Since the street is once again a cul-de-sac, it has reverted to its original name, Turnagain Lane.”
The Erosion of Oxford, by James Stevens Curl, published Oxford Illustrated Press, 1977.
The Franciscans arrived in Oxford in 1224 and settled right by the Church, outside the City wall, where they built an enormous friary - Greyfriars - which completely overshadowed the little church. Permission was given for them to breach the city wall and make a little gate to give them access to the city; this is preserved in the name of Littlegate Street.
A deed of 1737 shows Charles Street, known as Turn Again Lane. Wood Street ran off the lane to the south, ending in a blank wall at Trill Mill Stream, where a flight of Steps led down to the water. During the nineteenth century vehicular access was made possible to penson's Gardens. Before that, pedestrians could walk through the inner Friary gate, but other traffic had to turn back. No 9 Charles Street was occupied for many years by the Robinson family.
A Victorian drinking fountain dating from 1859, donated by Oxford Member of Parliament James Langston, was installed in the south wall of Littlegate House, the vicarage for nearby Holy Trinity Parish, to provide pure water in an area of polluted wells. The fountain was lost in the 1960s when a garage was incorporated into the wall.
Thursday 3 May 2007
St Ebbs © David
ST EBBE'S
This Parish, to the south of the City Centre, was united with
that of St Budoc in about 1265. It extended beyond the town wall
as far as the north bank of the Thames. St Ebbe, to whom the
Church was dedicated in about 1005, was a 7th - century Saint,
daughter of the King of Northumbria, By 1279 property built in St
Ebbe's was inhabited by the poorer townsfolk. From the 13th
century the area was occupied by the BLACKFRIARS and GREYFRIARS, who built two large Churches and Priories. Greyfriars Abbey was erected next to the Present St EBBE'S Church. Perrings' furniture shop in LITTLEGATE STREET was built over some of the Foundations of the abbey. At the time this shop was built, bases of the abbey pillars and some walls 9 feet thick were discovered.
It was because of the association of the friars with St Ebbe's that the modern inhabitants and the district itself came to be known as the Friars, and until recently there was an annual party at which former residents of the Friars came together for a reunion.
ST EBBE'S CHURCH Pennyfarthing place.
The Present Church Stands on the site of one dedicated in about 1005 to Ebbe, a 7th century Saint, the daughter of Aethelfrith, King of Northumbria, and sister of the Northumbria kings Oswald and Oswy. Becoming a nun, she founded a nunnery at Ebchester, on the Derwent, and was later Abbess of a 'double' Monastery, containing both Monks and nuns, at Coldingham (St Abb's Head) on the coast of Berwickshire.
In 1864 the advowson was sold to the Earl of Shaftesbury, passing later to the Oxford Churches Trust to ensure the continuance of an evangelical Ministy, which continues at the present time. Part of the tower fell down in 1648 and the whole church was repaired in 1696. Despite further repairs, by 1813 its condition had become dangerous and it was demolished. Rebuilt and enlarged in Early English Style to the designs of William Fisher, it was reopened in 1816 and further enlarged and further enlarged in 1862 and 1868 by G.E. Street, the diocesan
architect, who added a south aisle, created a north aisle by arcading, and rebuilt the top stage of the tower.
The original rectory-house recorded in 1324 and 1352 was ruinous by about 1520 and demolished in 1790. In 1854-5 a house was built in PARADISE SQUARE to the designs of G.E. Street, enlarged in 1869. It was replaced in 1971 by a new rectory - house built in Roger Bacon Lane, PENNYFARTHING PLACE, to the design of K.C.White and Partners. The adjoining Parish Centre was completed in 1974.
to be continued . . .
This Parish, to the south of the City Centre, was united with
that of St Budoc in about 1265. It extended beyond the town wall
as far as the north bank of the Thames. St Ebbe, to whom the
Church was dedicated in about 1005, was a 7th - century Saint,
daughter of the King of Northumbria, By 1279 property built in St
Ebbe's was inhabited by the poorer townsfolk. From the 13th
century the area was occupied by the BLACKFRIARS and GREYFRIARS, who built two large Churches and Priories. Greyfriars Abbey was erected next to the Present St EBBE'S Church. Perrings' furniture shop in LITTLEGATE STREET was built over some of the Foundations of the abbey. At the time this shop was built, bases of the abbey pillars and some walls 9 feet thick were discovered.
It was because of the association of the friars with St Ebbe's that the modern inhabitants and the district itself came to be known as the Friars, and until recently there was an annual party at which former residents of the Friars came together for a reunion.
ST EBBE'S CHURCH Pennyfarthing place.
The Present Church Stands on the site of one dedicated in about 1005 to Ebbe, a 7th century Saint, the daughter of Aethelfrith, King of Northumbria, and sister of the Northumbria kings Oswald and Oswy. Becoming a nun, she founded a nunnery at Ebchester, on the Derwent, and was later Abbess of a 'double' Monastery, containing both Monks and nuns, at Coldingham (St Abb's Head) on the coast of Berwickshire.
In 1864 the advowson was sold to the Earl of Shaftesbury, passing later to the Oxford Churches Trust to ensure the continuance of an evangelical Ministy, which continues at the present time. Part of the tower fell down in 1648 and the whole church was repaired in 1696. Despite further repairs, by 1813 its condition had become dangerous and it was demolished. Rebuilt and enlarged in Early English Style to the designs of William Fisher, it was reopened in 1816 and further enlarged and further enlarged in 1862 and 1868 by G.E. Street, the diocesan
architect, who added a south aisle, created a north aisle by arcading, and rebuilt the top stage of the tower.
The original rectory-house recorded in 1324 and 1352 was ruinous by about 1520 and demolished in 1790. In 1854-5 a house was built in PARADISE SQUARE to the designs of G.E. Street, enlarged in 1869. It was replaced in 1971 by a new rectory - house built in Roger Bacon Lane, PENNYFARTHING PLACE, to the design of K.C.White and Partners. The adjoining Parish Centre was completed in 1974.
to be continued . . .
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