# Blue Boar Street

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{{Short description|Street in central Oxford, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
[[File:The St Aldates entrance to Blue Boar Lane.jpg|thumb|The [St Aldate's Street](/source/St_Aldate's%2C_Oxford) entrance to Blue Boar Street, with the [Oxford Town Hall](/source/Oxford_Town_Hall) and the entrance to the [Museum of Oxford](/source/Museum_of_Oxford) on the left.]]
[[File:The Bear Oxford.jpg|thumb|[The Bear](/source/Bear_Inn%2C_Oxford) public house, on the corner of Blue Boar Street and [Alfred Street](/source/Alfred_Street).]]

'''Blue Boar Street''' is a narrow historic street running between [St Aldate's](/source/St_Aldate's) to the west and the southern end of [Alfred Street](/source/Alfred_Street) to the east, in central [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England.<ref name="hibbert">{{cite book | title=[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford) | publisher=[Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers) | chapter=Blue Boar Street| year=1988 | page=46 | isbn=0-333-39917-X | editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }}</ref> It is located just north of [Christ Church](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford).

At the western end is the [Museum of Oxford](/source/Museum_of_Oxford) and the [Town Hall](/source/Oxford_Town_Hall)<ref>[http://www.oxford.gov.uk/oxonline/officemap.cfm Where To Find Our Offices: Key Council Building Addresses] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903050729/http://www.oxford.gov.uk/oxonline/officemap.cfm |date=3 September 2009 }}, [Oxford City Council](/source/Oxford_City_Council).</ref> to the north.

[The Bear](/source/Bear_Inn%2C_Oxford) is a historic [public house](/source/public_house) located on the north side of Blue Boar Street on the corner with Alfred Street. A unique feature is a large collection of short lengths of [tie](/source/Necktie) displayed on its walls and ceiling.

To the south is [Christ Church](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford), one of the largest [Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) colleges. Behind an old wall on Blue Boar Street are the modern 1960s buildings of the [Blue Boar Quadrangle](/source/Blue_Boar_Quadrangle) in the college, named after Blue Boar Street.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/240360143/ Blue Boar Street], [Flickr](/source/Flickr).</ref> In 2006, this was [Grade II* listed](/source/Grade_II*_listed_building).

The street was formerly known as '''Tresham('s) Lane'''.<ref name="hibbert" /> ''Blewebore Inn'', once owned by [King Henry III](/source/Henry_III_of_England), was located here, hence the current name. The Blue Boar Inn was demolished in 1893 for the building of the Oxford Public Library, later the Museum of Oxford.

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