a place north-west of Oxford, in a fort of island formed by the divided streams of the Isis after being joined by the Evenlode. It is noted for catching of fish and dressing them; but more so for the ruins of that nunnery which fair Roafamond quitted for the embraces of Henry II. The people show a great hole in the earth here, where they say is a subterraneous pallage, which goes under the river to Woodstock, by which she used to pass and repass. Little more remains at present than ragged walls, scattered over a considerable extent of ground. An arched gateway, and another venerable ruin, part of the tower of the conventual church, are still standing. Near the altar in this church fair Roafamond was buried, but the body was afterwards removed by order of a bishop of Lincoln, the visitor. The only entire part is small, formerly a private chapel. Not many years since a stone coffin, said to have been Roafamond's, who, perhaps, was removed from the church to this place, was to be seen here. The building has been put to various uses, and at present serves occasionally for a stable.