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The lower part of the Radcliffe Camera, a university library building in central Oxford, was faced in Headington stone.

Headington stone is a limestone from the Headington Quarry area of Oxford, England.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Aslet, Clive (20 March 2007). "The stone that built a country". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010.
  2. ^ Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1957). "Parishes: Headington". A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 5: Bullingdon hundred. pp. 157–168.
  3. ^ Arkell], W.J. (1947). Oxford Stone. Faber & Faber.

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