The Eagle and Child.

The Eagle and Child is a moderately common pub name. This article refers to The Eagle and Child in St Giles', Oxford, England, which is particularly popular with university students who familiarly and alliteratively refer to it as the Bird and Baby (until recent times, the Bird and Brat or even the Bird and Bastard) or the Fowl and Foetus. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 115 KB)The Eagle and Child, pub in Oxford, England; photograph taken by MPerel, April 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 115 KB)The Eagle and Child, pub in Oxford, England; photograph taken by MPerel, April 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For notes on some individual UK pubs, see Notable British public houses. ... View of St Giles including St Benets Hall. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 ( 2001 census). ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Image:Argyle-arson. ...

Sign outside the pub in Oxford

It has become the destination for literary pilgrimages because of its reputation as the haunt of the Inklings from 1939 to 1962. The Inklings was a writers' group which included J. R. R. Tolkien (of Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fame) and C. S. Lewis. They met every Tuesday morning for drinks in an area at the back of the pub known as the Rabbit Room. Contrary to popular impression (and also contrary to the plaque posted in the pub), the Inklings did not read their manuscripts to each other in the pub: these readings took place at evening meetings usually in Lewis's college rooms. The Inklings changed allegiance in 1962 by moving across St Giles' to the Lamb and Flag pub, but it is the Eagle and Child's Rabbit Room that attracts visitors. Copyright free photo supplied by Clare Woodcock, Information Officer, Oxford University. ... Copyright free photo supplied by Clare Woodcock, Information Officer, Oxford University. ... The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford where the Inklings met on Thursday nights from 1939. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... Cover design for the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien For the movie trilogy by Peter Jackson, see The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... C.S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898–22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar of mixed Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. ...

It has become something of a mark of distinction for Tolkien fans to make a "pilgrimage" (as a Mecca of sorts) to the Eagle and Child, even if they live in a different continent. Tolkien fandom is an international, informal community of fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially of the Middle-earth legendarium which includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Rabbit Room bears a plaque which is much photographed, and there are photos and other mementos of the writers on the walls.

More recently, the pub became known as the regular watering hole of Colin Dexter, who created Inspector Morse. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1418 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Inklings The Eagle and Child User:Brighterorange ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1418 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Inklings The Eagle and Child User:Brighterorange ... (Norman) Colin Dexter is the British author of the Inspector Morse novels. ... Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the TV series produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000. ...

The pub's sign shows an eagle carrying a small child in a fold of cloth suspended from a claw, which was derived from the crest of the Earl of Derby. The image is said to refer to a story of a noble-born baby having been found in an eagle's nest.^[1] It is said to bear a resemblence to artistic representations of the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus in the guise of an eagle in Greek Mythology.^{[citation needed]} Genera Several, see below. ... The Earl of Derby is a title in the peerage of England. ... In Greek mythology, Ganymede, or closer to the Greek Ganymedes (Greek: Γανυμήδης, Ganumêdês) was a divine hero whose homeland was the Troad. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... // Greek mythology consists in part in a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ...

A small, narrow building, the pub reputedly served as the lodgings of the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the English Civil War (1642–49), when Oxford was the Royalist capital. The landmark served as a play house for the Royalist army, and pony auctions were held in the rear courtyard. These claims are inconsistent with the earliest date usually given for construction of the pub, 1650, and the fact that the pub lies outside the city walls may also give some cause for doubt. The Rt. ... The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ...

The pub is owned by St John's College, Oxford, the second wealthiest college in England, who bought it from University College which placed it on the market for £1.2 million in December 2003. It had been part of an endowment belonging to University College since the 17th century. The college said it was selling the Eagle and Child to rebalance its property portfolio, and it was expected the pub would continue to trade as usual. St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is a contender for the claim to be the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Notes

1. ^ Stanley crest history. URL accessed on 2006-05-14.

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External links

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• Tolkien's Oxford: The Bird and Baby
• Eagle and Child Pub: Oxford, England
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