ST MICHAEL’S AT THE NORTH GATE

The tower of this church is Saxon, and it was probably from it that Cranmer watched the burning of Ridley and Latimer. The chancel and most of the south chapel are of the thirteenth century. The north chapel and transept, and a bit of wall at the west of the south chapel date from the fourteenth, while parts of the south porch and the walls of the north aisle west of the transept were built in the fifteenth century. The east wall of the north chapel is modern. (From Goulder, Pilgrimage Pamphlets: Oxford & Cambridge, 1963)

St Michael’s tower is open to the public, and gives excellent views of the city.