In 1988 two of my closest friends, Norman and Faith Burdick, were living in England with their daughter, Flannery, and I took advantage of that circumstance to make my first visit to the United Kingdom. I was there for three weeks and for one of them they were my hosts — the kindest and most generous of hosts. They took me many places I might not otherwise have visited or even known about. One of them was Oxford. Each of us had read Lewis and Tolkien and were admirers. I took no pictures but they did and after my return I received a packet of them. I just happened across them after thinking they were lost. These are most of the ones that were related to the Inklings.
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Magdalen College - where C.S. Lewis taught while at Oxford |
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Magdalen College Tower |
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Cloisters - Magdalen College |
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New Building, Magdalen College - where Lewis's rooms were located |
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Norman and me in front of the New Building |
The location of the rooms that C.S. Lewis had while at Magdalen are just to the right of the entry on what the English call the first floor (we, the second). These are the rooms where the Inklings would gather in the evening to hear Lewis, or Tolkien, or one of the others, read from a work in progress.
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Magdalen College Deer Park - behind the New Building |
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Entry gate to Addison's Walk |
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Pond at the end of Addison's Walk |
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Tolkien's house |
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The pond on the grounds of The Kilns - Lewis's house in Headington |
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Holy Trinity Church, Headington - where Lewis worshiped and is buried |
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The grave of C.S. Lewis and his brother W.H. Lewis |
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Norman and me at the grave |
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