The Eagle and Child

The Eagle and Child
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
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The Eagle and Child, nicknamed "the Bird and Baby", is a pub in St Giles', Oxford, England, owned by the Ellison Institute of Technology and previously operated by Mitchells & Butlers as a Nicholson's pub. 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.