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through the main avenues of the City, to its ex¬ 
treme limits North, South, East, and West; and 
also to outlying districts, such as Iffley, Heading- 
ton, Wolvercote, Boar’s Hill, Cumnor, etc. 
Should the visitor wish to extend his rambles 
into the neighbourhood, he may find much to in¬ 
terest him in any of the following places, which 
are put down briefly below with the distances from 
Oxford and means of access :— 
WOODSTOCK.—By road 7 miles, by rail 
(G.W.R.) 9 miles. Blenheim Palace. 
CUMNOR.—Four miles, motor omnibus. Tomb 
of Antony Foster, Chained Bible. 
ABINGDON By road 7 miles, by rail 
(G.W.R.) 7J miles, by steamer 8. St. Helen’s 
Church, Remains of Abbey, Municipal Buildings 
and Plate. 
NUNEHAM COURTENAY. By road or by 
steamer 6 miles. Favourite resort of water parties. 
BURFORD. By road 18 miles, ’bus from 
Shipton (G.W.R. 18 miles), or Bampton (G.W.R. 
15^ miles). Church, Priory, Elizabethan and 
Jacobean buildings. 
EWELME. By road 14 miles. Church, Tombs 
of Duchess of Suffolk and Sir Thos. Chaucer, 
Ancient Hospital. 
CHALGROVE FIELD. Bv road 10 miles. 
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John Hampden’s Monument. 
STANTON HARCOURT. By road 9 miles. 
Pope’s Tower, Ancient Kitchen, Church and Har- 
court Chapel, Stocks. 
DORCHESTER. By road 9 miles. Abbey 
Church and Jesse Window. 
To those who contemplate spending a length¬ 
ened holiday in Oxford, or possibly have an idea 
of taking up residence there, it may not be out 
of place to consider some of those domestic 
questions which naturally occur to the prudent 
enquirer. He will want to know something of 
the sanitary conditions, or the rates and such 
like, and on these points it will not be difficult to 
reassure him. The very complete and efficient 
system of drainage which was inaugurated in 1873 
and the increased facilities for dealing with flood- 
w 7 ater, initiated by the Thames Conservancy, have 
had the effect of reducing the death rate. The 
water supply is abundant and excellent, either for 
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