St Mary Magdalen's Church

St Mary Magdalen church is in Magdalen Street, a small side street north of the historic center of Oxford (next to the Martyrs Memorial). This street joins the great shopping streets of St Gile's and the Cornmarket. The church belongs to the Church of England and is just outside the old walled city. There was a Saxon station here a thousand years ago, but it burned in 1074. Robert D'Oilli, Norman Governor of Oxford, ve also built the city's castle, built a chapel with a nave to replace the old church. St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, rebuilt the church in 1194. After the reform, the church changed its name.