St Michael's Street is a street in central

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. It runs between

New Inn Hall Street New Inn Hall Street is a street in central Oxford, England, and is one of Oxford's oldest streets. It is a shopping street running north–south parallel and to the west of Cornmarket Street, with George Street to the north and Bonn Square at ...

to the west and Cornmarket to the east, with Ship Street almost opposite.

Northgate Hall The Northgate Hall is the home of Oxford Presbyterian Church. Situated at the 18 St Michael's Street, Oxford, England, the building is owned by Oxford City Council. It was built in 1870–71 as a United Methodist Free Church chapel and scho ...

is located here. Also to be found off the street is the

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of the

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, a leading student society in the

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. Vanbrugh House at No. 20 is of particular architectural note as being "''almost a parody of Blenheim''" according to Pevsner. There is a

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, installed on 2 July 2002 by the

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, for the prison reformer

Felicia Skene Felicia Mary Frances Skene (23 May 1821 – 6 October 1899), also known by the pseudonyms Erskine Moir and Francis Scougal, was a Scottish writer, philanthropist and prison reformer of the Victorian era. Life Skene was born on 23 May 1821 in Ai ...

(1821–1899), located at 34 St Michael's Street.

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