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See the Martyrs Memorial, a stone monument, near Balliol College, at the intersection of St. Giles, Magdalen, and Beaumont Streets. The Memorial commemorates Oxford’s Reformer-martyrs, Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer. The earlest Baptists were products of the Reformation. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices 5 Minutes in Read more...
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In 1810, the London Baptist Education Society (est. 1752) led in the founding of Stepney Academy, in East London. Moving to the center of Regent’s Park, London, in 1855, Stepney Academy became Regent’s Park College, a constituent College of the University of London. In 1927, Regent’s Park College moved to Oxford, and since 1957, it has been a Permanent Private Read more...
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From Hertford: The window was made in 1911 by the glazier James Powell at the Whitefriars Glassworks in the City of London to commemorate the centenary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. When the Bible Society moved out of London in 1985 they gave the window to the college. Its restoration and installation in the Chapel by the glazier Read more...
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The grave of C.S. Lewis is a place of quiet reflection and lasting significance, located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church Headington Quarry in Oxford. Though simple in appearance, the site draws visitors from around the world who come to honor the life and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most influential Christian thinkers and writers. Clive Staples Read more...
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The Saxon Tower of St Michael at the North Gate in Oxford is one of the oldest surviving structures in the city and holds a quiet but significant place in the history of the English Reformation. Dating from around the year 1040, this sturdy stone tower is a rare example of late Saxon architecture, standing as a witness to centuries Read more...
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The Martyrs’ Memorial—often referred to as the “Martyrs’ Cross”—is one of the most meaningful historical markers associated with the English Reformation. Located in Oxford, it commemorates the place where three prominent Protestant leaders—Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer—were executed during the reign of Queen Mary I in the mid-sixteenth century. The “Martyrs’ Cross” itself is not a large standing Read more...
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The trial of Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer stands as one of the most solemn and consequential episodes of the English Reformation. Taking place during the reign of Mary I of England, the proceedings reflected the deep religious divisions that marked mid-sixteenth-century England and the determined effort to restore Roman Catholic authority after years of Protestant reform. Following Read more...
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The Kilns, located just outside Oxford, is one of the most cherished literary and historical sites associated with C. S. Lewis. This modest house, surrounded by quiet countryside, served as Lewis’s home for more than three decades and became the setting in which many of his most influential works were written. Lewis purchased The Kilns in 1930, along with his Read more...
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The “Holy Club” at Christ Church College in Oxford occupies an important place in the history of evangelical Christianity, particularly as the seedbed of what would later become the Methodist movement. Though the name “Holy Club” was originally intended as a term of mockery, it has since come to represent a sincere and disciplined effort among a small group of Read more...
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From ChurchAndCulture: On Saturday, September 19, 1931, Lewis invited two friends to dine with him in his rooms at Magdalen. One was a man by the name of Hugo Dyson, a lecturer in English Literature at Reading University. The other was Tolkien. On that fall evening, after they had dined, Lewis took his guests on a walk through the Magdalen Read more...