New Inn Hall Street is a street in central

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, and is one of Oxford's oldest streets. It is a shopping street running north–south parallel and to the west of

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, with George Street to the north and

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at the west end of Queen Street to the south. St Michael's Street leads off the street to the east near the northern end. Shoe Lane to the east leads to the

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, a modern shopping centre. St Peter's College,

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(formerly

St Peter's Hall St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is located in New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom. It occupies the site of two of the university's medieval halls, dating back to at least the 14th c ...

), is on the west side of the street. The college occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns (medieval hostels), Bishop Trellick's, later

New Inn Hall New Inn Hall was one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford. It was located in New Inn Hall Street, Oxford. History Trilleck's Inn The original building on the site was Trilleck's Inn, a medieval hall or hostel for stu ...

(after which the street is named), and Rose Hall, both founded in the 13th century. The college chapel was built in 1874 on New Inn Hall Street, originally as the parish

Church of St Peter-le-Bailey The Church of St Peter-le-Bailey is a church on New Inn Hall Street in central Oxford, England. It was formerly next to Bonn Square, which was originally the churchyard. Now it is located halfway up New Inn Hall Street to the north. Several chur ...

. Two previous church buildings of the same name were previously at the southern end of the street, near Bonn Square, where the graveyard used to be. The church was so named because of its proximity to

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. Amongst the students of New Inn Hall was John Wesley, grandfather of the

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and

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regarded as the founders of

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. The first Methodist Meeting House in Oxford was in the street, on a site opposite its present-day successor Wesley Memorial Church.

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annexe is on the west side of the street. The

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occupied a site on the corner with George Street until 1966. The building now houses the University's Faculty of History.

Gallery

File:Chapel and Lodge.JPG, The

, now the chapel of St Peter's College, on the left and the college

porter's lodge A porters' lodge or porter's lodge (colloquially, plodge) is a place near the entrance of a building where one or more porters can be found to respond to student enquiries as well as enquires from the public and direct them around the building ...

on the right, in New Inn Hall Street File:NewInnHallSt WesleyMemorialChurch 6058.jpg, Wesley Memorial Church in New Inn Hall Street, at the junction with St Michael's Street File:St Peter's College, Oxford.JPG, Part of St Peter's College in New Inn Hall Street

References

External links

Information on all the shops, restaurants, colleges and other businesses on New Inn Hall Street on OxfordCityGuide.com

* ttp://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/venue/314/Mortons,+New+Inn+Hall+Street/ Mortons cafeinformation from

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Morton's cafe
information from the Oxford Guide
Coffee Republic
on the corner with George Street, information from the Oxford Guide {{coord, 51, 45, 10, N, 1, 15, 37, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Streets in Oxford Shopping streets in Oxford St Peter's College, Oxford