Editing Christ Church, Oxford

{{Short description|College of the University of Oxford}}
{{About|the college of Oxford University|the cathedral|Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford}}
{{redirect|Cardinal College|text=Not to be confused with, [[College of Cardinals]]|others|Cardinal College (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox residential college
| name           = Christ Church
| full_name      = The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth
| latin_name     = Ædes Christi/Ecclesia Christi Cathedralis Oxon: ex fundatione Regis Henrici Octavi{{r|chch-ox-statutes}}
| university     = [[University of Oxford]]
| image          = [[File:Tom Quad, Christ Church, Oxford.jpg|220px]]
| image_size     = 250px
| alt            = The Great Quadrangle
| caption        = The [[Tom Quad|Great Quadrangle]]
| scarf          = {{scarf|{{cell|#009}}{{cell|#600}}{{cell|#FFF}}{{cell|#C03}}{{cells|3|#009}}{{cell|#600}}{{cell|#FFF}}{{cell|#C03}}{{cell|#009}}}}
| named_for      = [[Jesus Christ]]
| established    = {{start date and age|1546}}
| sister_college = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
| dean           = [[Sarah Foot]]
| undergraduates = 432<ref>{{cite web|title=Student statistics|publisher=University of Oxford|url=https://public.tableau.com/views/UniversityofOxford-StudentStatistics/CollegeBreakdown?%3Aembed=y&%3Adisplay_count=yes&%3AshowTabs=y&%3AshowVizHome=no#3|date=2017|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> (2017/2018)
| graduates      = 196
| endowment      = £769.8&nbsp;million <small>(2022)</small><ref name="christchurch1819">{{cite web|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/finance-and-funding/financial-statements-oxford-colleges-2021-22 |title=Financial Statements of the Oxford Colleges 2021–22 |website=ox.ac.uk |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref>
| coordinates    = {{coord|51.750199|-1.255853|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| location       = [[St Aldate's, Oxford]], OX1 1DP
| location_map   = Oxford (central)
| shield         = Coat of arms of Christ Church Oxford.svg
| blazon         = Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a lion passant gules, between four leopards' faces azure, on a chief or, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper, between two Cornish choughs sable, beaked and membered gules.
| homepage       = {{URL|https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk}}
| boat_club      = [[Christ Church Boat Club]]
| visitor        = [[Image:1901 pattern Tudor Crown (2D).svg|15px|baseline]] [[Charles III]], [[The Crown]] ''ex officio''{{r|chch-ox-statutes}}
|shield_size=160px}}

'''Christ Church''' ({{langx|la|Ædes Christi}}, the temple or house, ''[[wikt:aedes|ædes]]'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|constituent college]] of the [[University of Oxford]] in [[England]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Christ Church {{!}} University of Oxford |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/college-listing/christ-church |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=www.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> Founded in 1546 by [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]], the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese, [[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford|Christ Church Cathedral]], which also serves as the college [[chapel]] and whose [[Dean of Christ Church, Oxford|dean]] is ''ex officio'' the college head.

As of 2022, the college had 661 students.<ref name="auto"/> Its grounds contain a number of architecturally significant buildings including [[Tom Tower]] (designed by [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]]), [[Tom Quad]] (the largest quadrangle in Oxford), and the Great Dining Hall, which was the seat of the [[Oxford Parliament (1644)|parliament]] assembled by [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] during the [[English Civil War]]. The buildings have inspired replicas throughout the world in addition to being featured in films such as ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'', helping Christ Church become the most popular Oxford college for tourists with almost half a million visitors annually''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17434129|title=Harry Potter fans boost Oxford Christ Church Cathedral|date=2012-03-25|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-GB}}</ref>''

The college's alumni include 13 [[List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by education|British prime ministers]] (the highest number of any Oxbridge college), as well as former prime ministers of [[Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon.]] Other notable alumni include [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]], [[King William II of the Netherlands]], [[William Penn]], writers [[Lewis Carroll]] (author of ''Alice in Wonderland'') and [[W.&nbsp;H. Auden]], philosopher [[John Locke]], and scientist [[Robert Hooke]]. Two Nobel laureates, [[Martin Ryle]] and [[John Gurdon]], studied at Christ Church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Award winners {{!}} University of Oxford |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-people/award-winners |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=www.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> [[Albert Einstein]] is also associated with the college. The college has [[Christchurch|several cities]] and places named after it.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last1=Cowie |first1=D. J. |date=1934 |title=How Christchurch Got Its Name – A Controverted Subject |url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov09_04Rail-t1-body-d14.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610182504/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov09_04Rail-t1-body-d14.html |archive-date=10 June 2017 |access-date=15 August 2017 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Hall of Christ Church College.jpg|left|upright|thumb|Hall of Christ Church]]
[[File:Oxford Library of Christ Church.jpg|thumb|Christ Church's library in the early 19th century]]
In 1525, at the height of his power, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Thomas Wolsey]], [[Lord Chancellor]] of England and [[Archbishop of York]], suppressed [[St Frideswide's Priory]] in Oxford and founded Cardinal College on its lands, using funds from the dissolution of [[Wallingford Priory]] and [[Thomas Wolsey#Church reforms|other minor priories]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Willoughby|first1=James|title=Thomas Wolsey and the books of Cardinal College, Oxford|journal=Bodleian Library Record|date=October 2015|volume=28|issue=2|pages=114–134|url=http://www.wolseymanuscripts.ac.uk/research/thomas-wolsey-and-books-cardinal-college-oxford}}</ref> He planned the establishment on a magnificent scale, but fell from grace in 1529, with the buildings only three-quarters complete, as they were to remain for 140 years.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In 1531 the college was itself suppressed, but it was refounded in 1532 as King Henry VIII's College by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], to whom Wolsey's property had [[escheat]]ed. Then in 1546 the King, who had broken from the [[Roman Catholic Church|Church of Rome]] and acquired great wealth through the dissolution of the monasteries in England, refounded the college as Christ Church as part of the reorganisation of the [[Church of England]], making the partially demolished priory church the cathedral of the recently created Diocese of Oxford.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Christ Church's [[List of Oxbridge sister colleges|sister college]] in the University of Cambridge is [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], founded the same year by Henry VIII.  Since the time of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] the college has also been associated with [[Westminster School]]. The dean remains to this day an ''ex officio'' member of the school's governing body.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Governing Body – Westminster School|url=http://www.westminster.org.uk/westminster/about/the-governing-body/|website=Westminster School|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181300/http://www.westminster.org.uk/westminster/about/the-governing-body/|archive-date=6 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://intranet.westminster.org.uk/lists/whoswho/governors.asp |title=Westminster School Intranet |publisher=Intranet.westminster.org.uk |access-date=2011-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713102645/http://intranet.westminster.org.uk/lists/whoswho/governors.asp |archive-date=13 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Major additions have been made to the buildings through the centuries, and Wolsey's Great Quadrangle was crowned with the famous [[Tom Tower|gate-tower]] designed by [[Christopher Wren]]. To this day, the bell in the tower, [[Great Tom (bell)|Great Tom]], is rung 101 times at 9&nbsp;pm measured by [[Oxford time]], meaning at 9:05&nbsp;pm [[GMT]]/[[British Summer Time|BST]] every night, once for each of the 100 original scholars of the college, plus one more stroke added in 1664. In former times this was done at midnight, signalling the close of all college gates throughout Oxford. Since it took 20&nbsp;minutes to ring the 101, the Christ Church gates, unlike those of other colleges, did not close until 12:20 am. When the ringing was moved back to 9:00&nbsp;pm, Christ Church gates still remained open until 12.20, 20&nbsp;minutes later than any other college. Although the clock itself now shows GMT/BST, Christ Church still follows Oxford time in the timings of services in the cathedral.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horan |first1=David |title=Oxford: A Cultural and Literary Companion |date=1999 |page=19 |isbn=9781902669052 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR8nb-LYHBMC&pg=PA19}}</ref>

[[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] made the Deanery his palace and held his Parliament in the Great Hall during the [[English Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Visitor_Information-gb.pdf|title=A Brief History of Christ Church|access-date=2017-08-31}}</ref> In the evening of 29 May 1645, during the second [[siege of Oxford]], a "bullet of IX&nbsp;lb. weight" shot from the [[Roundhead|Parliamentarians]]' warning-piece at [[Marston, Oxfordshire|Marston]] fell against the wall of the north side of the Hall.<ref>{{cite book |last=Varley |first=Frederick John |title=The Siege of Oxford: An Account of Oxford during the Civil War, 1642–1646 |year=1932 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=128}}</ref>

Several of Christ Church's deans achieved high academic distinction, notably [[John Owen (theologian)|Owen]] under the [[English Commonwealth|Commonwealth]], [[Henry Aldrich|Aldrich]] and [[John Fell (bishop)|Fell]] in the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] period, [[Cyril Jackson (priest)|Jackson]] and [[Thomas Gaisford|Gaisford]] in the early 19th century and [[Henry Liddell|Liddell]] in the high Victorian era.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

For more than four centuries Christ Church admitted men only; the first female students at Christ Church matriculated in 1980.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Christ Church |url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Visitor_Information-gb.pdf |website=Christ Church, Oxford |access-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808183128/https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Visitor_Information-gb.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>

==Organisation==
Christ Church, formally titled "The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth",{{r|chch-ox-statutes}} is the only academic institution in the world which is also a [[cathedral]], the seat ([[cathedra]]) of the [[Bishop of Oxford]]. The [[Visitor]] of Christ Church is the reigning [[British sovereign]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts1617/Christ_Church.pdf|title=Annual Report and Financial Statements|date=2017-07-31|publisher=Christ Church|page=5|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> (currently [[Charles III|King Charles III]]), and the Bishop of Oxford is unique among English bishops in not being the Visitor of his own cathedral.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The head of the college is the Dean of Christ Church.<ref name="christchurch1718">{{cite web |title=Christ Church Oxford : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2018 |url=http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts1718/Christ_Church.pdf |access-date=5 March 2019 |website=ox.ac.uk |page=21}}</ref> Christ Church is unique among Oxford colleges in that its Head of House, who is head of both college and cathedral, must be an Anglican cleric appointed by the Crown as [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of the cathedral church. The dean lives on site in a grand 16th-century house in the main quadrangle. The college's activities are managed by a senior and a junior censor (formally titled the ''Censor Moralis Philosophiae'' and the ''Censor Naturalis Philosophiae'') the former of whom is responsible for academic matters, the latter for undergraduate discipline. They are chosen from among the members of the governing body. A ''Censor Theologiae'' is also appointed to act as the dean's deputy; this post is currently held by Ian Watson.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The form "Christ Church College" is considered incorrect, in part because it ignores the cathedral, an integral part of the unique dual foundation.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===Governing body===
The governing body of Christ Church consists of the dean and [[Chapter (religion)|chapter]] of the cathedral, together with the "Students of Christ Church", who are not junior members but rather the equivalent of the [[Oxbridge Fellow#university fellows dons|fellows]] of the other [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|colleges]]. Until the later 19th century, the students differed from fellows in that they had no governing powers in their own college, as those resided solely with the dean and chapter. The governing body of Christ Church now has around 60 members. Serving alongside the seven members of chapter, the other members include statutory professors and associate professors with joint appointments (employed both by the University and Christ Church) as well as early-career career development fellows on fixed-term contracts. Sir [[John Bell (physician)|John Bell]] and Sir [[Tim Berners-Lee]] are both members of the governing body of Christ Church.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christ Church website|url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/research-and-academia/academic-and-research-staff|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930091525/http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/research-and-academia/academic-and-research-staff |archive-date=30 September 2015 }}</ref>

==Buildings and grounds==
[[File:1 christ church hall 2012.jpg|thumb|Hall of Christ Church]]
[[File:Tom quad Tom tower by Pavel Kliuiev.jpg|thumb|[[Tom Tower]] as seen from [[Tom Quad]]]]
[[File:Ducks Tom and Peck Fish.jpg|thumb|Ducks Tom and Peck in [[Tom Quad]] on a sunny day. ]]
[[File:Christ Church College Meadow Building.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Meadow Building]]]]

[[File:The Meadow Building.jpg|thumb|right|The Meadow Building on a sunny autumn day]]Christ Church sits in approximately 175 acres (71 hectares) of land.<ref>{{cite web|title=15/00760/FUL {{!}} Change of use and extension of existing thatched barn ... {{!}}Christ Church College|url=http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=NKS98JMFJ5A00|website=public.oxford.gov.uk|access-date=13 March 2018|language=en|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205122/https://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=NKS98JMFJ5A00|url-status=dead}}</ref> This includes the [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford|Christ Church Meadow]] (including [[Merton Field]] and Boathouse Island), which is open to the public all year round. In addition Christ Church own [[Aston's Eyot]] (purchased from [[All Souls College]] in 1891),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://friendsofastonseyot.org.uk/history/a-brief-history/|title=A Brief History|date=2014-12-24|work=Friends of Aston's Eyot|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901070740/http://friendsofastonseyot.org.uk/history/a-brief-history/|archive-date=1 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Christ Church Ground|Christ Church recreation ground]] (including the site of Liddell Building), and School Field which has been leased to [[Magdalen College School, Oxford|Magdalen College School]] since 1893.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHtSDAAAQBAJ&q=%22christ+church%22&pg=PA45|title=Magdalen College School|last=Brockliss|first=Laurence|date=2016-07-28|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781784421533|pages=45|language=en}}</ref> The meadow itself is inhabited by [[English Longhorn]] cattle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/meadow|title=The Meadow {{!}} Christ Church, Oxford University|website=www.chch.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-08-31}}</ref> In October 1783 [[James Sadler (balloonist)|James Sadler]] made the first hot air balloon ascent in Britain from the meadow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/central/sadler.html|title=Sadler inscription in Deadman's Walk|website=www.oxfordhistory.org.uk|access-date=2017-08-31}}</ref> The college gardens, quadrangles, and meadow are Grade I listed on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England|Register of Historic Parks and Gardens]].<ref name="NHLEGarden">{{NHLE|num=1000441|desc=Christ Church|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>

Christ Church has a number of architecturally significant buildings. These include:

{|
|-
|valign=top|
Grade I listed:
* [[Christ Church Library]]
* [[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford|Christ Church Cathedral]]
* [[Peckwater Quadrangle]]
* The Great Quadrangle or [[Tom Quad]] including:
** [[Tom Tower]]
** Great Hall
** Mercury Fountain<ref>{{NHLE|num=1046740|desc=CHRISTCHURCH, MERCURY FOUNTAIN, THE GREAT QUADRANGLE, Oxford |accessdate=2017-09-01}}</ref>
* [[Canterbury Quadrangle]]
* [[Chapter house|Chapter House]]<ref>{{NHLE|num=1046739|desc=THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND DORTER RANGE TO SOUTH OF CATHEDRAL, Oxford |accessdate=2017-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/chapter-house|title=The Chapter House {{!}} Christ Church, Oxford University|website=www.chch.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910050846/https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/chapter-house|archive-date=10 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|valign-top|
Grade II* listed:
* [[Blue Boar Quadrangle]]
* [[Christ Church Picture Gallery]]
Others:
* [[The Meadow Building]] (Grade II)
* The Old Library
* The Lee Building/Anatomy School (Grade II)
* Christ Church Kitchen & Scullery (Grade II)
* Old Brew House (Grade II)
* Liddell Building
* The Pococke Garden, named after [[Edward Pococke]], Regius Professor of Hebrew (1648–91)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pococke Garden |url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/pococke-garden |website=Christ Church |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
|}
=== Influences ===
[[File:Christ Church Cathedral from across the Meadow.jpg|thumb|right|Christ Church Cathedral from the east across [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford|Christ Church Meadow]]]]
The college buildings and grounds are the setting for parts of [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', as well as a small part of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://untappedcities.com/2012/12/04/the-world-behind-alice-in-wonderland-in-oxford/|title=The World Behind Alice in Wonderland in Oxford|date=2012-12-04|website=Untapped Cities|access-date=2017-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.experienceoxfordshire.org/alice-in-wonderland-oxford/|title=Alice in Wonderland Oxford {{!}} Experience Oxfordshire|work=Experience Oxfordshire|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref> More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series and also the film adaptation of [[Philip Pullman]]'s novel ''[[Northern Lights (Pullman novel)|Northern Lights]]'' (the film bearing the title of the American edition of the book, ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]''). Distinctive features of the college's architecture have been used as models by a number of other academic institutions, including the [[NUI Galway]], which reproduces [[Tom Quad]]. The [[University of Chicago]], [[Cornell University]], and [[Kneuterdijk Palace]] have reproductions of Christ Church's dining hall (in the forms of [[Hutchinson Hall, University of Chicago|Hutchinson Hall]], the dining hall of [[Risley Residential College]], and the Gothic hall of Kneuterdijk Palace,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnha.lu/en/The-patron-William-II|title=MNHA – Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art – Luxembourg – The patron, William II|website=www.mnha.lu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-31|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701030041/http://www.mnha.lu/en/The-patron-William-II|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.codart.nl/guide/exhibitions/willem-ii-kunstkoning/|title=Willem II: kunstkoning -|work=CODART|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref> respectively). [[ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch|ChristChurch Cathedral]] in New Zealand, after which the [[Christchurch|City of Christchurch]] is named, is itself named after Christ Church, Oxford. Stained glass windows in the cathedral and other buildings are by the [[Pre-Raphaelite]] [[William Morris]] group with designs by [[Edward Burne-Jones]].<ref name="CCglass">{{cite web |title=Edward Burne-Jones |url=https://www.southgategreen.org.uk/christ-church/edward-burne-jones/ |website=Southgate Green Association |quote=His work included both stained-glass windows for Christ Church in Oxford and the stained glass windows for Christ Church on Southgate Green. |access-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324193056/http://southgategreen.org.uk/christ-church/edward-burne-jones/ |archive-date=24 March 2020 }}</ref><ref name="UTex">[http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E320M/PRB.html PreRaphaelite Painting and Design] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014005304/http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E320M/PRB.html|date=14 October 2008}} University of Texas</ref>

=== Resident animals on grounds ===
Historically, there has been a resident tortoise for the annual Oxford tortoise races.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News· |date=2010-05-19 |title=Competitors shell-shocked by tortoise scandal |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2010/05/20/competitors-shell-shocked-by-tortoise-scandal/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, since 2020, due to the pandemic, there has not been a tortoise. Recently, there have been two "resident" ducks, which can be seen in [[Tom Quad]], affectionately named "Tom" and "Peck" after two of the famous quadrangles in Christ Church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Lucy Taylor blog post gallery {{!}} Christ Church, Oxford University |url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/dr-lucy-taylor-blog-post-gallery |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.chch.ox.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=Christ Church |user=ChCh_Oxford |number=1380250926062133250 |date=8 April 2021 |title=Tom and Peck, the Christ Church ducks are back! Maybe we'll soon see some ducklings waddling around Tom Quad?? 🦆🦆 Thanks to @LucyATaylor for the up-close-and-personal photo. #ChristChurchTogether #TomTower9o5 #ChChimes #ducks https://t.co/BpPyd6UwQt |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612184410/https://twitter.com/chch_oxford/status/1380250926062133250 |archive-date=12 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Mercury fountain also houses carp, notably a large koi carp named George, which was a gift from the Empress of Japan. A heron may also be frequently seen visiting the pond as their hunting ground. This stopped, in September 2022, when the fishes were moved to a spacious lake home somewhere in Oxfordshire while the College perform essential maintenance on the pond.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ChCh_Oxford|number=1574706097696415745 |title=Bye bye fish!}}</ref>

Outside the [[The Meadow Building|Meadow Building]] in the Christ Church Meadow, there are also cows present during the day. The cows are of rare [[English Longhorn]] breed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Meadow {{!}} Christ Church, Oxford University |url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting-christ-church/meadow |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.chch.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>

== Cathedral choir ==
[[File:Christ Church Cathedral Interior 1, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|Choir and organ of Christ Church Cathedral|left|220x220px]]

Long associated with  [[High church|High Church Anglicanism]],<ref>{{cite book | last =Worden | first =Blair | authorlink =Blair Worden | title =Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Historian | publisher =[[I.B. Tauris]] | series = | volume = | edition = | date =2015 | location = | pages = | language = | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=16OmDwAAQBAJ&dq=christ+church,+oxford+high+church&pg=PT41| doi = | id = | isbn = 9780857729880 | quote=As an undergraduate at Christ Church he attended the High Church services in the cathedral that is part of the college,... }}</ref> Christ Church is unique in that it has both a cathedral choir and a college choir. The cathedral choir comprises twelve adults and sixteen boys. The adults are made up of lay clerks and choral scholars, or academical clerks. The choir was all male until 2019, when they welcomed alto Elizabeth Nurse, the first female clerk of Christ Church Cathedral Choir.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford |url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/news/oxfords-cathedral/new-chapter-christ-church-cathedral-choir |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> The boys, whose ages range from eight to thirteen, are chosen for their musical ability and attend [[Christ Church Cathedral School]]. Aside from the director, [[Peter Holder (organist)|Peter Holder]], there is also a sub-organist and two organ scholars. The college choir, however, is always a student-run society, and sings Evensong once a week in term time. In vacations the services are sung by the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church – a choir drawn from semi-professional singers in and around Oxford. The cathedral also hosts visiting choirs from time to time during vacations.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}[[File:Christ Church Cathedral Interior 2, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|right|Nave of Christ Church Cathedral looking to the altar]]Throughout its history, the cathedral choir has attracted many distinguished composers and organists – from its first director, [[John Taverner]], appointed by [[Cardinal Wolsey]] in 1526, to [[William Walton]] in the twentieth century.  In recent years, the choir have commissioned recorded works by contemporary composers such as [[John Tavener]], [[William Mathias]] and [[Howard Goodall]], also patron of Christ Church Music Society.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The choir, which broadcasts regularly, have many recordings to their credit and were the subject of a [[Channel 4]] television documentary ''[[Howard Goodall]]'s Great Dates'' (2002). The documentary was nominated at the Montreux TV Festival in the arts programme category – and has since been seen internationally. The choir's collaboration with Goodall has also led to their singing his TV themes for ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' and ''[[Vicar of Dibley]]''. They appeared in ''Howard Goodall's Big Bangs'', broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in March 2000. ''Treasures of Christ Church'' (2011) is an example of the choir's recording and debuted as the highest new entry in the UK Specialist Classical chart.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.chchchoir.org/2011/03/treasures-of-christ-church/| title=Treasures of Christ Church| date=2011-03-07| access-date=15 April 2018| archive-date=15 December 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215164428/http://www.chchchoir.org/2011/03/treasures-of-christ-church/| url-status=dead}}</ref> The disc featured on BBC Radio 3's ''In Tune'' on 26 September 2011 and on Radio 3's ''Breakfast Show'' on 27 September that year.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Picture Gallery==
{{main|Christ Church Picture Gallery}}
Christ Church holds one of the most important private collections of drawings in the UK, including works by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Raphael]] and [[Michelangelo]]. The collection is composed of approximately 300 paintings and 2,000 drawings, a rotated selection of which are available to the public for viewing in the purpose-built [[Christ Church Picture Gallery]]. Many of the works were bequeathed by a former member of the college, [[John Guise (British Army officer)|General John Guise]] (1682/3-1765), enabling the creation of the first public art gallery in Britain.<ref>[http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery Christ Church Picture Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315183742/http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery/ |date=15 March 2007 }}, Christ Church, Oxford; 22 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Christ%20Church%20Matters%20~%20Issue%2035.pdf|title=Christ Church Matters, Issue 35|pages=12–15|access-date=25 August 2015 }}</ref><ref name="FT">{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ad722962-b6e9-11df-b3dd-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ad722962-b6e9-11df-b3dd-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Old Masters in an Oxford museum| newspaper=Financial Times | date=4 September 2010 |access-date=25 August 2015 }}</ref>

==Coat of arms==
===College arms===
[[File:Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.jpg|thumb|College arms]]

The [[Thomas Wolsey#Arms|college arms]] are those of [[Cardinal Wolsey]] and were granted to him by the [[College of Arms]] on 4 August 1525.<ref>{{cite book |last=Curthoys |first=Judith |title=The Cardinal's College: Christ Church, Chapter and Verse |year=2012 |publisher=Profile Press |isbn=978-1-84668-617-7 |pages=4–5}}</ref> They are blazoned: ''Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, between four leopards' faces azure a lion passant gules; on a chief or between two Cornish choughs proper a rose gules barbed vert and seeded or''. The lion refers to [[Leo X]] who created Wolsey a Cardinal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-04 |title=Oxford University and its Colleges |url=https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/oxford-university-and-its-colleges/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=The Heraldry Society |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Marlin |first=J T |title=Oxford College Arms |publisher=Boissevain Books LLC |year=2018 |isbn=9781087853130}}</ref> The arms are depicted beneath a red cardinal's [[galero]] with fifteen tassels on either side, and sometimes in front of two crossed croziers.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<!-- FAIR USE of Christ_Church_Cathedral_arms.gif: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church_Cathedral_arms.gif for rationale -->

===Cathedral arms===
[[File:Christ Church Cathedral arms.gif|thumb|Christ Church Cathedral arms]]
There are also arms in use by the cathedral, which were confirmed in a visitation of 1574. They are emblazoned: "Between quarterly, 1st & 4th, France modern (azure three fleurs-de-lys or), 2nd & 3rd, England (gules in pale three lions passant guardant or), on a cross argent an open Bible proper edged and bound with seven clasps or, inscribed with the words {{lang|la|In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum}} and imperially crowned or."{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Graces==

The college [[preprandial]] grace reads:
{| class="wikitable"
!Latin !! English
|-
|{{lang|la|Nōs miserī hominēs et egēnī, prō cibīs quōs nōbis ad corporis subsidium benignē es largītus, tibi, Deus omnipotēns, Pater cælestis, grātiās reverenter agimus; simul obsecrantēs, ut iīs sobriē, modestē atque grātē ūtāmur.}}

{{lang|la|Īnsuper petimus, ut cibum angelōrum, vērum panem cælestem, verbum Deī æternum, Dominum nostrum Iēsum Christum, nōbis impertiāris; utque illō mēns nostra pascātur et per carnem et sanguinem eius fovēāmur, alāmur, et corrōborēmur. Āmen.}}
<ref>{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Reginald |title=The college graces of Oxford and Cambridge |year=1992 |publisher=Perpetua Press |isbn=978-1-870882-06-4 |pages=62–64}}</ref>
|"We unhappy and unworthy men do give thee most reverent thanks, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for the victuals which thou hast bestowed on us for the sustenance of the body, at the same time beseeching thee that we may use them soberly, modestly and gratefully.

And above all we beseech thee to impart to us the food of angels, the true bread of heaven, the eternal Word of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, so that the mind of each of us may feed on him and that through his flesh and blood we may be sustained, nourished and strengthened. Amen."
|}
[[File:ChristChurchMeadow.JPG|thumb|right|Christ Church from the south- east across Christ Church Meadow]]
The first part of the grace is read by a scholar or exhibitioner before [[formal hall]] each evening, ending with the words ''Per Iēsum Christum Dominum nostrum'' ("Through Jesus Christ our Lord.") The remainder of the grace, replacing ''Per Iēsum Christum'' etc., is usually only read on special occasions.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

There is also a long postprandial grace intended for use after meals, but this is rarely used. When High Table rises (by which time the Hall is largely empty), the senior member on High Table simply says ''Benedictō benedīcātur'' ("Let the Blessed One be blessed", or "Let a blessing be given by the Blessed One"), instead of the college postprandial grace.

==Student life==
[[File:Christ Church, College Hall, Oxford 2010.jpg|thumb|Christ Church Great Hall]]

As well as rooms for accommodation, the buildings of Christ Church include the cathedral, one of the smallest in England, which also acts as the college chapel, a great hall, two libraries, two bars, and separate [[common room (university)|common room]]s for dons, graduates and undergraduates. There are also gardens and a neighbouring sports ground and boat-house.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Accommodation is usually provided for all undergraduates, and for some graduates, although some accommodation is off-site. Accommodation is generally spacious with most rooms equipped with sinks and fridges. Many undergraduate rooms comprise 'sets' of bedrooms and living areas. Members are generally expected to dine in hall, where there are two sittings every evening, one informal and one formal (where gowns must be worn and Latin grace is read). The college offers subsidies on the costs of accommodation and dinners for UK and ROI students from families with lower household incomes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Funding Your Studies page, Christ Church|url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/admissions/funding-your-studies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910074419/http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk:80/admissions/funding-your-studies |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> The [[Buttery (shop)|buttery]] next to the Hall serves drinks around dinner time. There is also a college bar (known as the Undercroft), as well as a [[Junior Common Room]] (JCR) and a Graduate Common Room (GCR), equivalent to the [[Common Room (university)|Middle Common Room]] (MCR) in other colleges.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

There is a college lending library that supplements the university libraries (many of which are non-lending). Law students have the additional facility of the Burn Law Library, named for [[Edward Burn (legal scholar)|Edward Burn]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Professor Edward Burn obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/professor-edward-burn-obituary-bnplst6sr |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Most undergraduate tutorials are carried out in the college, though for some specialist subjects undergraduates may be sent to tutors in other colleges.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

[[Croquet]] is played in the Masters' Garden in the summer. The sports ground is mainly used for netball, cricket, tennis, rugby and football and includes [[Christ Church Ground|Christ Church cricket ground]]. In recent years the Christ Church Netball Club, which competes on the inter-college level in both mixed and women's matches, has become known as a popular and inclusive sport. Rowing and [[punt (boat)|punting]] is carried out by the boat-house across [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford|Christ Church Meadow]] – the [[Christ Church Boat Club]] is traditionally strong at rowing, having been Head of the River more than all other colleges except Oriel College. The college also owns its own punts which may be borrowed by students or dons.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The college [[beagling|beagle]] pack (Christ Church and Farley Hill Beagles), which was formerly one of several undergraduate packs in Oxford, is no longer formally connected with the college or the university but continues to be staffed and followed by some Oxford undergraduates.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Christ Church references==
{{blockquote|"Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell <br />
And many a lesser bell sound through the room; <br />
And it is All Souls' Night..."|  [[W B Yeats]]|''All Souls' Night'', Oxford (1920)}}

{{blockquote|"The wind had dropped. There was even a glimpse of the moon riding behind the clouds. And now, a solemn and plangent token of Oxford's perpetuity, the first stroke of Great Tom sounded."|  [[Max Beerbohm]]|Chapter 21, ''[[Zuleika Dobson]]'' (1922)}}

{{blockquote|"I must say my thoughts wandered, but I kept turning the pages and watching the light fade, which in Peckwater, my dear, is quite an experience – as darkness falls the stone seems positively to decay under one's eyes. I was reminded of some of those leprous façades in the ''vieux port'' at Marseille, until suddenly I was disturbed by such a bawling and caterwauling as you never heard, and there, down in the little piazza, I saw a mob of about twenty terrible young men, and do you know what they were chanting ''We want Blanche. We want Blanche!'' in a kind of litany."|  [[Evelyn Waugh]]|''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1945)}}

{{blockquote|"Those twins / Of learning that he [Wolsey] raised in you, <br />
Ipswich and Oxford! one of which fell with him, <br />
Unwilling to outlive the good that did it; <br />
The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous, <br />
So excellent in art, and still so rising, <br />
That Christendom shall ever speak his virtue."|  [[William Shakespeare]]|[[Henry VIII (play)|''Henry VIII'']] (1613)}}

{{blockquote|"By way of light entertainment, I should tell the Committee that it is well known that a match between an archer and a golfer can be fairly close. I spent many a happy evening in the centre of [[Peckwater Quadrangle]] at Christ Church, with a bow and arrow, trying to put an arrow over the Kilcannon building into the Mercury Pond in [[Tom Quad]]. On occasion, the golfer would win and, on occasion, I would win. Unfortunately, that had to stop when I put an arrow through the bowler hat of the head porter. Luckily, he was unhurt and bore me no ill will. From that time on he always sent me a Christmas card which was signed 'To Robin Hood from the Ancient Briton'"|  Lord Crawshaw, [[House of Lords]]|''[[Hansard]]'' (Tuesday 8 July 1997)}}

{{blockquote|"There is one oddity; Rudge. Determined to try for Oxford, Christ Church of all places! Might get into [[Loughborough University|Loughborough]], in a bad year."|  [[Alan Bennett]]|''[[The History Boys]]'' (2004)}}

{{blockquote|" And once, in winter, on the causeway chill <br />
Where home through flooded fields foot-travellers go, <br />
Have I not pass'd thee on the wooden bridge, <br />
Wrapt in thy cloak and battling with the snow, <br />
And thou has climb'd the hill, <br />
And gain'd the white brow of the Cumner range; <br />
Turn'd once to watch, while thick the snowflakes fall, <br />
The line of festal light in Christ-Church hall— <br />
Then sought thy straw in some sequester'd grange. "|  [[Matthew Arnold]]|''[[The Scholar Gypsy]]'' (1853)}}

Also included in: [[Vaughan Williams]]|''[[An Oxford Elegy]]'' (1947–9) and
[[Hilary Mantel]]'s [[Wolf Hall]] trilogy (referred to by its previous name, Cardinal College).

==People associated with the college==

===Deans===
'''Cardinal College'''
*1525: [[John Hygdon]]

'''King Henry VIII's College'''
*1532: [[John Hygdon]]
*1533: [[John Oliver (Dean of Christ Church)|John Oliver]]

'''Christ Church'''
{{Main|Dean of Christ Church, Oxford}}

===Alumni===
{{Main|List of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford}}
<gallery align="center">
File:Lewis Carroll 1863.jpg|[[Lewis Carroll]], author 
File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg|[[Alec Douglas-Home]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
File:Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg|[[Anthony Eden]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
File:Edward VII in coronation robes.jpg|[[Edward VII]], former [[King of the United Kingdom]] 
File:1271754717 william-e.-gladstone.jpg|[[William Ewart Gladstone|William Gladstone]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], former [[President of Pakistan|President]] and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
File:JohnLocke.png|[[John Locke]], philosopher and physician 
File:Lord Nigel Lawson (cropped).jpg|[[Nigel Lawson]], former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
File:John Wesley by George Romney crop.jpg|[[John Wesley]], cleric and founder of [[Methodism]]
</gallery>

Notable former students of the college have included politicians, scientists, philosophers, entertainers and academics. Thirteen [[List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by education|British prime minister]]s have studied at the college including, [[Anthony Eden]] (Prime Minister 1955–1957), [[William Ewart Gladstone]] (1828–1831), [[Robert Peel|Sir Robert Peel]] (1841–1846) and [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Archibald Primrose]] (1894–1895). Other former students include [[Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester|Charles Abbot]] ([[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]] 1802–1817), [[Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe|Frederick Curzon]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] statesman 1951–), [[Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate|Nicholas Lyell]] ([[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] 1992–1997), [[Nigel Lawson]] ([[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] 1983–1989), [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Quintin Hogg]] ([[Lord Chancellor]] 1979–1987) and [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield|William Murray]] ([[Lord Chief Justice of England|Lord Chief Justice]] 1756–1788 and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] 1757). From outside the UK, politicians from Canada ([[Ted Jolliffe]]), Pakistan ([[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]), Sri Lanka ([[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]]) and the United States ([[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]) have attended the college.

Prominent philosophers including [[John Locke]], [[John Rawls]], [[A. J. Ayer]], [[Gilbert Ryle]], [[Michael Dummett]], [[John Searle]] and [[Daniel Dennett]] studied at Christ Church.

There are numerous former students in the fields of academia and theology, including [[George Kitchin]] (the first [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the [[University of Durham]] 1908–1912 and [[Dean of Durham Cathedral]] 1894–1912), [[John Charles Ryle]] (first [[Bishop of Liverpool]] 1880–1900), [[John Wesley]] (leader of the [[Methodist movement]]), [[Rowan Williams]] ([[Archbishop of Canterbury]] 2002–2012), [[Richard William Jelf]] (Principal of [[King's College London]] 1843–1868), [[Ronald Montagu Burrows]] (Principal of [[King's College London]] 1913–1920) and [[William Stubbs]] (Bishop of Oxford 1889–1901 and historian).

Two Olympic [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] gold medallists studied at the college: [[Jonny Searle]] and Spanish Civil War volunteer [[Lewis Clive]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=18 April 2020|title=Lewis Clive athletic history|work=Sports Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/lewis-clive-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/lewis-clive-1.html|url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Farman|first1=Chris|title=No Other Way: Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War 1936–39|last2=Rose|first2=Valery|last3=Woolley|first3=Liz|publisher=Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee|year=2015|isbn=9781910448052|location=UK|pages=63}}</ref>

In the sciences, [[polymath]] and [[natural philosopher]] [[Robert Hooke]], [[developmental biologist]] [[John B. Gurdon]] (co-winner of the 2012 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]), physician [[Archibald Garrod|Sir Archibald Edward Garrod]], the Father of Modern Medicine [[Sir William Osler]], biochemist [[Kenneth Callow]], radio astronomer [[Martin Ryle|Sir Martin Ryle]], psychologist [[Edward de Bono]] and epidemiologist [[Richard Doll|Sir Richard Doll]] are all associated with the college.   [[Albert Einstein]] was a learned research fellow.

In other fields, [[Cameron Winklevoss|Cameron]] and [[Tyler Winklevoss]], twins associated with the founding of [[Facebook]], King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] (1841–1910), [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of the United Kingdom]] and [[Emperor of India]], [[William II of the Netherlands|King William II]] of the [[Netherlands]], [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia]], entrepreneur and founder of Pennsylvania [[William Penn]], broadcaster [[David Dimbleby]], MP [[Louise Mensch]], BBC composer [[Howard Goodall]], actor [[Riz Ahmed]], the writer [[Lewis Carroll]], poet [[W.&nbsp;H. Auden]], and the former officer of arms [[Hubert Chesshyre]] are other notable students to have previously studied at Christ Church.
<!-- This doesn't mean he was a student, Einstein was already a Professor at this stage, this is more like a visiting academic post
 [[Albert Einstein]] was elected to undertake a five-year research [[studentship]] in 1931,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordchabad.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/AID/457396 |title=Albert Einstein – Oxford Chabad Society – Serving Oxford Jewish Students |publisher=Oxfordchabad.org |date=1931-10-23 |access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref> -->
{{See also|:Category: Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford|:Category: Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="140">
File:Christ Church College Rooms.jpg|Peckwater Quad
File:Christ-Church-Oxford.jpg|Cathedral vault and rose window
File:Oxford28.jpg|Cathedral chancel vault
File:Christ Church Cathedral altar.jpg|Cathedral altar
File:Christ Church Cathedral(2014-06-14).JPG|St Cecilia's window, in the cathedral
File:Christ Church Oxford Hall 2007.jpg|Hall
File:Christ Church Oxford - Jayden Hoen.jpg|War Memorial gardens
File:Christ Church, Oxford, The Grand Staircase.jpg|The Grand Staircase
</gallery>

==References==
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{{cite web
| author=Christ Church, Oxford
| title=Statutes of Christ Church Oxford
| website=chch.ox.ac.uk
| date=2015-03-19
| language=en-GB

| url=https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/StatutesofChristChurchOxford.27.4.16_0.pdf
| url-status=live
| access-date=2022-10-20

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406024222/https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/StatutesofChristChurchOxford.27.4.16_0.pdf
| archive-date=2022-04-06
}}
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</references>

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/}}
* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/England/_Topics/churches/_Texts/KINCAT*/Oxford/1.html Oxford Cathedral]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306080056/http://jcr.chch.ox.ac.uk/ Christ Church Junior Common Room website]
* [http://www.christchurchgcr.org/ Christ Church Graduate Common Room website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813010738/http://www.christchurchgcr.org/ |date=13 August 2016 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120823101241/http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/college/boat-club Christ Church Boat Club]
* [http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/christchurch/default.asp Official Virtual Tour of Christ Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526204013/http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/christchurch/default.asp |date=26 May 2008 }}
* [http://www.chchchoir.org/ Christ Church Choir]

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