Cornmarket
Cornmarket was originally the Oxford street where corn was bought and sold, but increasing traffic caused this trade moved to the covered market in the eighteenth century.
The Clarendon Hotel can be seen on the left of the above postcard. On the right is a roof emblazoned with the name BUOLS. John Buol had a hotel and restaurant at 21 Cornmarket Street from 1902 to 1919, which he advertised as "the very finest dining hotel and restaurant in the city". It had a coffee and tea saloon and a dining room where dancing could take place, with another dining room on the second floor.
Above: H. & E. Morton, "The Pioneer Drapers, Milliners & Costumiers",
43 & 44 Cornmarket Street, Oxford
For more old postcards of Cornmarket, see
Cornmarket pages