Sir James Murray's letterbox
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Sir James Murray's letterbox
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 4 Mar 2008
Directly outside No.78 Banbury Road stands this Victorian pillarbox. Its odd positioning can be explained by the plaque above: Sir James Murray Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary lived here 1885-1915. This was the period covering the bulk of his labours towards the completion of the mammoth dictionary and his correspondence with contributors was so intensive that a personal letterbox was installed to cope with it. See https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sir-james-murrays-post-box
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Image Location
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51.767457
Longitude
-1.26148