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The Swindlestock Tavern was situated on Carfax. Opened in 1250, this was the scene of an altercation which led to the St Scholastica Day riot on February 10, 1355 - one of the most notorious 'Town versus Gown' incidents. Now the site of a branch of the Santander Bank.

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