Old Library

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    Merton College, Merton St, town centre
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Lonely Planet review

Just off the Mob Quad is a 13th-century chapel and the Old Library, the oldest medieval library in use. It is said that Professor JRR Tolkien spent many hours here while writing The Lord of the Rings . Other literary giants associated with the college include TS Eliot and Louis MacNeice.

If you're visiting in summer, look out for posters advertising candlelit concerts in the chapel.