Merton College, Oxford

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Merton College, Oxford

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 27 Jul 2013

Dead Man's Walk - links Rose Lane (to the right) and Broadwalk - skirting the boundary wall of the Fellows' Garden at the rear of Merton College. The path is thought to have been the route of medieval Jewish funeral processions. A procession would begin at the synagogue (near to where Christ Church College is now situated) and then proceed towards the Jewish burial ground (now the site of the Botanic Garden). Near to the eastern end of the path is a wall plaque commemorating the first hot-air-balloon ascent in Britain. This was made by James Sadler (1753-1828) who took off from Merton Field on 4th October 1783. His balloon was estimated to have risen to a height of 3600 feet and it landed six miles away near to Woodeaton.

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