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Oriel
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ORIEL
 

 

Oxford

 

Oriel College was founded in 1326 and was originally known as the House of the Blessed Mary at Oxford. In 1329 a building called La Oriole was built in the first quadrangle with a projecting window, an oriel window, so the name stuck and eventually over time the college is now known as Oriel College.

 

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Oriel College has been used as a location set for six episodes of Inspector Morse, a single episode of Lewis and the setting for a Hugh Grant film, 'Priviledged in 1982.

It was also the location for Oxford Blues 1984, True Blue 1991 and the Dinosaur Hunter in 2000.

oriel college, oxford

oriel college, oriel square, oxford

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Standing on Oriel Square south of the Oxford High Street, you can see three colleges at once: Oriel, Christ Church and Merton.

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print of oriel college

 oriel square, oxford

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