Port Meadow
The iconic meadow-side scene of ‘dreaming spires’ and ancient stone university buildings is widely famous. It could be regarded as Oxford’s oldest monument, it has been the city landmark for more than a thousand years. Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was then known as Portmaneit (burgess island) and since 1285 it has been referred to as Port Meadow. The meadow, of 300acres, is conjoined with Wolvercote Common, Wolvercote Green and Binsey Green and amounts to around 500…