The Eagle and Child

This article is about the pub in Oxford. For the pub in Cambridge, see The Eagle, Cambridge. For the pub in York, see Eagle & Child, York.

The Eagle and Child
The Eagle and Child
The Eagle and Child is located in Oxford city centre
The Eagle and Child
Location within Central Oxford
General information
Coordinates51°45′26″N 1°15′37″W / 51.7572°N 1.2603°W / 51.7572; -1.2603

The Eagle and Child, nicknamed "the Bird and Baby",[1] is a pub in St Giles', Oxford, England, owned by the Ellison Institute of Technology [2] and previously operated by Mitchells & Butlers as a Nicholson's pub.[3] The pub had been part of an endowment belonging to University College since the 17th century. It has associations with the Inklings writers' group which included J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. In 2005, 25 other pubs in the United Kingdom had the same name.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telegraph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Tolkien and Lewis pub bought by tech institute". 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "The Eagle and Child in Oxford". Nicholson's Pubs. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. ^ Cocker, Mark; Mabey, Richard (2005). Birds Britannica. Chatto & Windus. p. 474. ISBN 0-7011-6907-9.