Balliol College, Oxford
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Balliol College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking
Balliol College Hall and SCR (from Fellows' Garden), Oxford
Front Quadrangle, Old Library
William Butterfield's chapel
Eights Week
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Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main intercollegiate rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in Ma
Summer Eights May 2009 Men's Division 1, showing racing between (from front) Keble College, New College, St Edmund Hall
A busy riverbank scene as a boat is returned to one of the college boathouses in Summer Eights 1982
The scene at Boathouse Island during Summer Eights 2005, crammed with spectators awaiting the next race
The earliest-known scene of a race between two eight-oared boats at Oxford University. It has been suggested that the picture shows the "disputed bump" of 1822 in a race between Jesus College and Brasenose College, but this is uncertain.