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	Picture source: D Howes
The Roebuck Tap was situated at 8 Market Street.  This pub closed in the 1990s and became an Australian themed bar upon closure. It then reopened as a pub, The City Tavern, then became a branch of Wagamama. At time of opening, two Oxford parish boundaries ran through The Roebuck Tap lounge (see photo below).
It began life in 1610 as The Roebuck Inn, taking its name from the coat of arms of Jesus College. By 1740 it had become a large coaching inn on the London to Gloucester route and in 1850 it was rebuilt as a new hotel. In 1924 the Market Street site was taken over by Woolworths but the pub reopened after the old vaults were rebuilt in 1938 and later became the Bar Oz. Long before it closed down it underwent a transformation in 1960 when a new bar opened, appealing to women.
Oxford Mail 13th March 2024
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Date of photo: 1939	Picture source: Raymond Simonds
Picture source: Movement80