maker, wife of Frank Cooper whose shop at 83–84 High Street was the origin of the Frank Cooper jam business (a brand now owned by Premier Foods). The company made "Oxford Marmalade" famous. In June 1879, George Claridge Druce (also a noted botanist and later mayor of the city) moved to Oxford and set up a chemist's shop, Druce & Co., at 118 High Street. This continued until his death 1932. The Old Bank Hotel was the first new hotel for 135 years in the centre of Oxford. Quod Restaurant & Bar is also part of the hotel, located between the junctions with Oriel Street and Logic Lane. Commentary The architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner wrote in 1974 that "The High Street is one of the world's great streets. It has everything."Article on the street in the Oxford Mail He may have been echoing Thomas Hardy's comment in Jude the Obscure: "And there's a street in the place – the main street – that ha'n't another like it in the world."Jude the Obscure in Google Books. The comment is made by a carter describing Christminster, Hardy's pseudonym for Oxford. Adjoining streets The following streets, also of historical significance, are off the High Street: Alfred Street Catte Street Cornmarket Street King Edward Street Logic Lane Longwall Street Magpie Lane Merton Street Oriel Street Queen Street Queen's Lane St Aldate's Turl Street Gallery See also High Street, Oxford, an oil painting by J. M. W. Turner, exhibited in 1810 References External links The High, Oxford including tour and history Webcam from Carfax tower looking east down the High Street 360° QuickTime view from the top of Carfax Tower Oxford City Guide including list of shops on The High Streets in Oxford Tourist attractions in Oxford Shopping streets in Oxford