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Cowley in Oxfordshire is a residential and industrial area within the city of Oxford, originating with the former villages of Cowley, Temple Cowley and Cowley St John (Also occasionally referred to as 'Church Cowley'). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...
The Cowley area underwent massive transformation from 1912 when William Morris established the Morris Motor Company and began manufacturing at a disused military training college. He expanded into 'The Old Tin Shed' in 1914 and then into a huge complex of purpose built production lines in Cowley, as Morris pioneered Henry Ford-style mass production in the UK. William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (10 October 1877 - 22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist. ...
Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ...
Further information: Ford Motor Company Time Magazine, January 14, 1935 Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. ...
Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ...
From the 1920s through to the 1960s Cowley expanded into a huge industrial centre, with large areas of housing for the new workers attracted to the area. During the 1960s the centre of Cowley was redeveloped into the Templar's Square shopping centre. The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
By the early 1970s over 20,000 people worked in Cowley at the vast Morris Motors and Pressed Steel Fisher plants. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ...
In later years Morris Motors and Pressed Steel became one company, and subsequently the part of the complex which was Morris's was closed down. The remaining factory is now owned by BMW. It remains the largest industrial employer in Oxfordshire and is now the production centre for the MINI. Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ...
BMW AG (an abbreviation of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
The BMW or New MINI is a car produced by BMW since 2001. ...
Cowley was also home to the Oxford Steam Plough Company, founded in 1868. This later became John Allen & Sons, manufacturing small agricultural and horticultural machinery including the famous Allen Scythe. In the early 1980s, the works closed, and the site is now home to the John Allen Centre retail park. MacGyver is one of the symbols of the 1980s in America The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
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