Martyrs' Memorial
Victorian Gothic spire honouring three Protestant bishops burned nearby, with carved stone statues.
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This guide to the Martyrs' Memorial in Oxford starts with the words a Protestant bishop is said to have spoken at the stake around the corner in October 1555. It then turns to the Victorian builders, quarrymen and carvers who raised the spire on St Giles' nearly three centuries later, from a Lincolnshire contractor to a clerk of works who also held a chisel. Walk slowly around the base as you listen, because each of the three bishops faces a different way.
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