Cover: Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1577 - Black Assize of Oxford | Info

Address:

5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK

Category:

Info

City:

Oxford

Country:

United Kingdom

Shape:

Circle

Material:

Metal

Used by:

Oxford Preservation Trust

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Historical elements Walking and cycling routes

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The Black Assize - hunderds die of gaol fever
1577
OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST

Photography:

2019
Eli Zvuluny

Comments:

Station No. 8 in the historic Oxford Castle route, consisting of 14 plaques depicting landmarks on the site from 700 AD to 2006

The name was given because of an epidemic in which hundreds died of typhus, but it was widely believed that the death was that of all those involved in the trials at Oxford Castle, except the prisoners themselves.

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Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1643 - Prisoners from the First Civil War
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (1 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1388 - Prisoners manage to escape the castle
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1AZ, UK (2 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1675 - The walls of the castle and the tower were destroyed
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (2 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1239 - First use of the castle as a prison
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1AZ, UK (3 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1780-1860 - The Prison is rebuilt
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (3 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1142 - King Stephen’s attack and the escape of Empress Mathilda
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1AZ, UK (4 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1577 - Black Assize of Oxford
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (0 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1643 - Prisoners from the First Civil War
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (1 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1388 - Prisoners manage to escape the castle
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1AZ, UK (2 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1675 - The walls of the castle and the tower were destroyed
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (2 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1239 - First use of the castle as a prison
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1AZ, UK (3 Meter)

Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1780-1860 - The Prison is rebuilt
5 Tidmarsh Ln, Oxford OX1 1NS, UK (3 Meter)

Cover: Oxford - Oxford Castle Route - 1577 - Black Assize of Oxford

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