Bartlemas: Oxford’s hidden sanctuary by Martin Stott

Celebrating the links between past and present, this exhibition explores the Bartlemas Hamlet and leper hospital on the 900th anniversary of their foundation. A rich mix of place, spirituality, ‘edgeland’ and contemporary stories that still infuse this unique locality.

Photographer and local historian Martin Stott charts its origins, turbulent history, its focus on the outcasts, dispossessed, and refugees of the times, and the healing, care, refuge, and sanctuary it offered. He traces its impact on east Oxford over 900 years, drawing out the threads of these traditions, re-made and celebrated in the neighbourhood today.

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Host or Publisher Oxford Festival of the Arts