Carfax Tower
The Carfax Tower in Oxford was built around 1032 as the tower of St. Martin's Church . While the church, which was rebuilt in 1818, had to make way for a road widening in 1896, the tower was the only relic that remained. He has a clock from the 14th century with magnificent figures in Roman uniforms chiming the quarter hour, which is why they are called quarter boys .
The tower is named after the nearby intersection of Carfax , where the four main streets of Oxford, St Aldate’s , Cornmarket Street , Queen Street and High Street meet and which is considered the center of the city. The name is derived from the Latin quadrifurcus via the French form Quatervois , which means four ways, i.e. H. Intersection means (cf. French carrefour ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anthony Wood , John Peshall: The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford […] , J. and F. Rivington, London 1773, p.16 ( digitized in the Google book search)
Web links
- BBC webcam facing east on High Street
- 360 ° panoramic view from the tower's observation deck (Quicktime)
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 7.2 " N , 1 ° 15 ′ 28.8" W.