New College, Oxford Facts for Kids

The Chapel at New College

New College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. The official name of the college is "The Warden and Scholars of St. Mary's College at Winchester". New College is one of the oldest colleges at Oxford. It was founded in 1379. It is called "New" because it was the second college at Oxford named in honor of St. Mary. Oriel College which is 55 years older, is also officially named in honor of St. Mary.

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Hall
The altar and reredos
Looking back towards the ante-chapel entrance and organ
The Garden Mound, famous for the sound produced by clapping beneath it, and up which only Members of the College are permitted
New College Choir recording an English edition of Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation (2008)
New College at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Isaiah Berlin
Zelman Cowen
Richard Crossman
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Bobby Jindal
Gina Raimondo
Lionel Robbins
William Stoughton
Michael Stanley Whittingham
Timothy Williamson
Sir Michael Dummett
Photo-chrome of the College's Garden Quad
Holywell Street, New College, Oxford: pictured are the Scott Buildings and Robinson Tower
New College's Front Quad, looking toward the old entrance from New College Lane
The Chapel and old city wall from the College's Holywell Quad
Front Quad
Old city wall in the College gardens
Cloisters
Cloisters
Front Quad, looking towards the Warden's lodgings
Drawing of the New College cloister and Chapel behind it
The Gate in Garden Quad
Interior of New College Chapel, looking toward the organ and antechapel.
New College Chapel reredos
The Chapel of New College, Oxford
New College Chapel, seen from the College's cloisters.

New College, Oxford facts for kids

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