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 Bonn Square at the west end of Queen Street to the south.

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leads off the street to the east near the northern end. Shoe Lane to the east leads to the Clarendon Centre, a modern shopping centre. St Peter's College,

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(formerly St Peter's Hall), 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 (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. 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 John 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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's Frewin Hall 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 Church of St Peter-le-Bailey, now the chapel of St Peter's College, on the left and the college porter's lodge 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

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 Daily Information
Morton's cafe
information from the Oxford Guide
Coffee Republic
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