Inscriptions: Baptist meeting house
The above plaque on the bridge in New Road reads:
NEAR THIS PLACE THE BAPTISTS OF OXFORD
WORSHIPPED FROM 1661 TO 1715 IN THE HOUSE
OF RICHARD TIDMARSH (MINISTER 1661–1691).
BAPTISMS TOOK PLACE IN THE STREAM BELOW.
THE MEETING-HOUSE WAS DESTROYED BY RIOTERS
IN 1715.
ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF NEW ROAD CHAPEL TO MARK
300 YEARS OF BAPTIST WITNESS IN OXFORD. 1953