Oxford Castle Unlocked Experience Oxfordandrsquo;s fascinating history on a guided tour of Oxford Castle. Your guide - who will be playing the part of one of the castleandrsquo;s many colourful characters - will have you captivated from the start with stories about the real people and events from the siteandrsquo;s turbulent past. You could find yourself accompanied by anyone from Empress Matilda, who made an epic escape from the castle on home-made ice-skates, to Solomon Wisdom; a cruel, scheming prison governor from the late 1700s. Guided tour of Oxford Castle Climb the Saxon St Georgeandrsquo;s Tower, one of the oldest buildings in Oxford, and witness stunning panoramic views over this historic city. Venture deep underground into the 900-year-old crypt, the only surviving remains of St. Georgeandrsquo;s Chapel. Find out where the education for which Oxford is famed began, and where Geoffrey of Monmouth penned the Legends of King Arthur. Explore the confines of the 18th-century Debtorsandrsquo; Tower and Prison D-Wing. Scale the mound of the 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle. After the tour, you will be able to explore the castleandrsquo;s prison and wider site at your leisure. Meet the residentsandhellip; Just some of the castleandrsquo;s famed residents who youandrsquo;ll discover more about on this tour include: Marshall William Smith, the Kingandrsquo;s prison keeper who made Oxford Prison as feared and as notorious as Colditz Jack Ketch, the public executioner and the man on whom the Punch andamp; Judy hangman character was modelled Anne Green, who survived her own hanging and narrowly escaped being anatomised by an Oxford medical student in 1650 Get a taster of what's in store at Oxford Castle in this video:
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