Merton Field is a grass playing field north of the main part of Christ Church Meadow and south of

Merton College Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, ch ...

in central

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. To the west are Merton Walk and Christ Church, one of the

colleges. To the east is the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. To the south is Broad Walk a wide path on the northern edge of Christ Church Meadow. To the north,

Dead Man's Walk ''Dead Man's Walk'' is a 1995 novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the third book published in the ''Lonesome Dove'' series but the first installment in terms of chronology. McMurtry wrote a fourth segment to the ''Lonesome Dove'' chr ...

skirts the edge of Merton Field following the line of the old city wall and

Grove Walk Grove Walk (aka Merton Grove and Grove Passage) is a short historic leafy walkway running north–south in central Oxford, England, situated on land between Merton College to the east and Corpus Christi College to the west. It provides one of ...

leads to

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, between Corpus Christi College and Merton College. The tower of

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dominates the view north from Merton Field. Near to the eastern end of Dead Man's Walk is a plaque marking the first hot air balloon ascent in Britain, made by James Sadler (1753–1828). He ascended from Merton Field on 4 October 1783, landing in

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to the northeast of Oxford.

Gallery

File:ChCh Meadow.JPG, View from the meadow, looking across the Merton Field

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s towards Christ Church Cathedral. File:Merton college2.jpg, View of Merton Field with

behind, looking north from Broad Walk on the northern edge of Christ Church Meadow. File:Merton College Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 22031.jpg, Merton Field, with

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to the left and

in the distance. File:Merton and Magdalen Colleges, Christ Church Meadow - geograph.org.uk - 427396.jpg,

at the northern side of Merton Field with Merton College on the left and Magdalen Tower in the distance.

References

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