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A History of the County of Oxford
… mid 17th century the Bull remained one of the principal inns, used for corporate entertainment 90 and owned by a … largest in the town; it was the busiest of the coaching inns and the starting point of the Blenheim coach. 48 In the … relate to the same inn. The tenants of most other large inns are known. Hist. MSS. Com. 29, Portland, vi, p. 181. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 91 All were later demolished. The principal medieval inns were probably the George, the Bull, and the Crown. The … Crown on the site of nos. 9-11 Market Place. 92 All three inns probably had courtyards, their long, wide plots giving … reflected modest prosperity but the number of houses and inns paying rents or quitrents to the corporation rose from …