New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire

New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1901 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: cc49/00204

Cooks at work in the college kitchens. The men are preparing joints of meat and a spit of chickens is leaning against the wall, ready to be roasted.

Location

Oxfordshire Oxford

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

The Yeoman's House dates is a 15th-century thatched and timber-framed cottage with jettied overhangs. The central section, which was originally a two-storey hall is filled in with brick in a 'herringbone' pattern. Yeomen owned a small amount of land.

Past Homes

Tags

people men work kitchen clothing Victorian (1837 - 1901)