By Mike Chapman
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A complex of 18th century buildings consisting of a house and attached cottages fronting onto the high pavement formerly stood on this site. The name refers to Oriel College, rectors of the parish church, who appear to have acquired the property after it was put up for sale in 1854. The buildings were grouped around a courtyard at the rear, with gardens on the west side next to the Full Moon, hidden behind a wall. Oriel Cottages survived a bomb which dropped at the back of the premises in WWII, but were demolished in 1960 for the present row of houses. However the original angled entrance to the back yard (now replaced by garages) still remains on the east side, together with the old boundary wall of the adjoining property.
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