Oxford is a Historically, city status was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities. The status does not apply automatically on the basis of any particular criteria, although it was traditionally... city and The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts can be categorised as London boroughs, metropolitan districts and non-metropolitan districts. Non-metropolitan... local government district in Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. It is divided into five local government districts - Oxford, Cherwell, Vale of the White Horse (after the Uffington White Horse), West Oxfordshire and South Oxfordshire. The county has... Oxfordshire, Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England, with a population of 134,248 ( 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001 census). It is home to the The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two... University of Oxford, the oldest university in the The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence... English-speaking world.

It is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son... Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious This article is about the built environment. For other uses of the term Architecture see Architecture (disambiguation) Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design... architecture of the university Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself. A building is usually a human-created object composed of more than a single element, permanently fixed to the ground, that mediates one or more aspects of the environment. Lärbro... buildings. Unlike its great The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, collectively known as Oxbridge, are highly ranked among universities around the world [1]. Both were founded around the 11th to 13th centuries, and between them have produced a large number of Britains most prominent scientists, writers and politicians... rival, This article is about Cambridge, England; see also other places called Cambridge. The city of Cambridge is an old English University town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London and is surrounded by a number of smaller towns... Cambridge, Oxford is an industrial city, particularly associated with car manufacturers in the suburb of 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. The Cowley area underwent massive transformation from 1912 when William Morris established the Morris Motor Company and began manufacturing at a disused military... Cowley.

Oxford is twinned with Map of Germany showing Bonn Watershed of the Rhine river Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2002 est): 310 930, the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located ca. 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. It was the capital of... Bonn, View of Grenoble, 2002, with the snowy peaks of the Dauphiné Alps Location within France Grenoble ( Occitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. Located... Grenoble, Leiden (in English also, but now rarely, Leyden) is a city and municipality in South Holland, The Netherlands. It forms one urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp and Voorschoten. It is located on the Old Rhine, close to the cities of The Hague and Haarlem. Lat: 52:10N (52.16), Lon... Leiden, and León. The twinning relationship with For the geologic period see Permian. For the hair treatment see Permanent wave. Perm (Пермь, pop. 1,000,100 as of 2003) is a city in Russia, on the banks of the Kama River, at the foot of the Ural Mountains - the border between Europe and... Perm seems to have lapsed. All of these are university towns.

History

Oxford was first occupied in A map showing the general locations of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid- 5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. Origins of the word The term Anglo-Saxon goes back... Saxon times, and was initially known as " A ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading. The name of several towns is derived from such a location, i.e. Stratford or Oxford where an ox could cross the river (note the Oxford... Oxanforda". It began with the foundations of St Saint Frideswide (c. 650 - October 19, 735) was (according to legend) daughter of the King Didan and Safrida. She founded a church near Oxford, but Prince Aelfgar of Mercia decided to marry her. She refused his advances, hiding from him in a tub in the forest. When she returned to... Frideswide's This article is about an abbey as a religious building. See also Abbey (bank), Abbey Theatre and Abbey, Saskatchewan An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve... nunnery in the (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. Sometime this century, Beowulf is probably composed. Borobodur, the famous Indonesian Buddhist structure, begins... 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain. Much of the information in these documents consists of rumours of events that happened elsewhere and so may be unreliable. However for some periods and places... Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd-ar-rahman III - prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ... 912. In the ( 9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. Events The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans Foundation of Cluny, first... 10th century Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. Mercias neighbours included Northumbria, Powys, the kingdoms of southern Wales... Mercia and Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the kingdom of England. It was named after the West Saxons and situated in the south and southwest of England. It existed from the 6th century until the emergence of the English state in the 9th... Wessex and was on several occasions raided by The Danish nation is a concept closely connected to 19th century ethnic nationalism. It relates to self-identification rather than to laws. The terms use is relevant chiefly in historical contexts of debate on the status of Schleswig and Holstein vis-à-vis a Danish nation-state. The Danish nation... Danes.

The The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two... University of Oxford is first mentioned in (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages. Events Song dynasty loses power... 12th century records. Oxford's earliest A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellow and still are in some places. However, it... colleges were University College (corporate name, The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom... University College ( Events University, the first College at Oxford founded Births Emperor Kameyama of Japan Pope John XXII Frederick I, Margrave of Baden Deaths July 6 - Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198) Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile - Ferdinand III... 1249), Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Balliol ( Events Detmold, Germany was founded. Mindaugas, the first and only Christian king of Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota. Balliol College, Oxford was founded. The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to the Norwegian king, bringing a more complete end to the... 1263) and Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The squat, square tower of its chapel is one of the citys landmarks. Mob Quad, built in the 14th century, is the oldest quadrangle (or courtyard) of any Oxford or Cambridge college... Merton ( Events May 12 - The Battle of Lewes begins (ends May 14). Merton College, Oxford is founded by Walter de Merton. Births Pope Clement V May 26 - Prince Koreyasu, 7th Kamakura shogun of Japan Deaths October 2 - Pope Urban IV Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of... 1264).

Oxford Heraldry is the science and art of describing of coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. Its origins are in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields. However it is important... Coat-of-arms
A motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. Many countries, universities, and other institutions have mottos, as do families with coats of arms. These mottos are traditionally in Latin or Romance languages, as well as in... Motto: Fortis est veritas
( Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. It is said... Latin: "Truth is strong")

Christ Church (in full: The Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry VIII) is one of the largest and wealthiest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Traditionally it has been seen as the most aristocratic college. It has... Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford is unique as a college chapel and cathedral in one foundation. Originally the Priory Church of St Frideswide, the building was extended and incorporated into the structure of the Cardinal's College shortly before its refounding as Christ Church in Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peters Basilica. Births July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Emperor (+ 1595) December 14 - Tycho... 1546, since which time it has functioned as the cathedral of the In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England and the... Diocese of Oxford.

The relationship between "town and gown" has often been uneasy—several university students were killed in the Scholastica (c. 480 - 543) is a Catholic saint. Born in Italy, she was the twin sister of Benedict. She was a nun and became an abbess in the Benedictine Order. She is mentioned only in the Dialogues of Pope Gregory I. Her feast day is February 10. One of the... St Scholastica Day Riot of Events January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war April - Philip of Anjou marries Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles of Valois, duke of Calabria, and Mary of Valois Scots defeat... 1355.

During the The English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, specifically to the first (1642–1645) and second (1648–1649) civil wars between the supporters of Charles I of England and... English Civil War, Oxford housed the court of Charles I King of England, Scotland and Ireland Charles I (19 November 1600 - 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his death. He famously engaged in a struggle for power with Parliament; he was an advocate of the divine right of kings... Charles I in Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. Beginning of English Civil War. March 1 - Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America May 17 - Sieur de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montr... 1642, after the king was expelled from London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. Founded as Londinium, the capital of... London, although there was strong support in the town for the A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. The adjective parliamentarian refers to any person or thing especially associated with a parliament (see parliamentary system). A Parliamentarian (as an upper-cased noun) often labels a Member of Parliament or MP, especially one who is particularly adept in the chamber. In... Parliamentarian cause. The town yielded to Parliamentarian forces under ... General Fairfax in Events Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births April 15 - King Christian V of Denmark April 26 - King Peter II of Portugal July 1 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat and lawyer. Deaths September 14 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Categories: 1646 ... 1646.

In 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January 8 - George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address. January 30 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of... 1790 the Oxford Canal connected the city with For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. With a population of 304,746 (2002 estimate), Coventry is the ninth largest city in England. The precinct, in Coventry city centre. Coventry has long been a centre of motor and... Coventry, linking with the Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 12935 km² Origin Kemble Mouth North Sea Basin countries England This article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is... River Thames, and in the 1840s the For the Canadian railway company of the same name see Great Western Railway (Canada) Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the terminus at Bristol. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. It was founded in 1833... Great Western Railway and The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. It was known as the Premier Line - though disputed by many it may be thought that it deserved this title as... London and North Western Railway linked Oxford with London.

In the 19th century the controversy surrounding the Oxford Movement in the The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. Anglicans trace these traditions back to the first followers of Jesus, but acknowledge that schisms occurred first with the Orthodox then with the Roman Catholic churches. Like Orthodox and... Anglican Church drew attention to the city as a focus of theological thought.

Oxford's Town Hall was built during the reign of Queen Victoria. Though Oxford has city status and is a Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). Note the chain of office. The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition. In the United Kingdom it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom... Lord Mayoralty, the seat of the city council is still called by its traditional name of "Town Hall".

By the early (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 20th century Oxford was experiencing rapid industrial and population growth, with the printing and publishing industries becoming well established by the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system... 1920s. Also during that decade the economy and society of Oxford underwent a huge transformation as William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (10 October 1877 - 22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist. Morris was born in Worcester, England in 1877. When he was 3 years old his family moved to 16, James Street, Oxford. Upon leaving school at the... William Morris established the Morris was the name of a former English car manufacturing company. Morris was started in 1913 when bicycle manufacturer William Morris (1877-1963) turned his attention to car manufacturing. A factory was opened in Oxford and the companys first car the Bullnose Oxford was introduced. During the 1920s Morris... Morris Motor Company to mass produce cars in 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. The Cowley area underwent massive transformation from 1912 when William Morris established the Morris Motor Company and began manufacturing at a disused military... Cowley, on the south-eastern edge of the city. By the early 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1970s From Wikipedia Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of... 1970s over 20,000 people worked in Cowley at the huge Morris Motors and Pressed Steel Fisher plants. This shift in the culture of Oxford from an academic to an industrial city led to the witticism that "Oxford is the left bank of Cowley".

The influx of migrant labour to the car plants, recent immigration from south-east Asia, and a large student population, have given Oxford a notable cosmopolitan character, especially in the Headington and This article is in need of attention. Please see its listing on Pages needing attention and improve it in any way you see fit. When the issues regarding this page have been resolved, remove this notice and the listing, but please do not remove this notice until the article has... Cowley Road areas with their many bars, cafes, restaurants, clubs, ethnic shops and fast food outlets.

On May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). There are 239 days remaining. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 1682 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. 1835 - James... 6 May 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in... 1954 Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister KBE (born March 23, 1929) is a former British athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes. Bannister is now a distinguished neurologist. He was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England. History Bannister was educated at the City of... Roger Bannister ran the first authenticated sub-four minute mile at the Iffley Road track in Oxford.

Oxford's "other" university Oxford Brookes is a university in Oxfordshire, England. Despite the similarity of names, it is an entirely separate insitution from the better known University of Oxford, with which it shares no relationship. It has a student body of around 19,000, and, like most of the former polytechnics, it was... Oxford Brookes University, formerly Oxford Polytechnic, based at Headington, was given its charter in 1991.

Transport

Oxford is located some 50 miles (80 km) north west of London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. Founded as Londinium, the capital of... London; the cities are linked by the The M40 motorway is the second motorway in the British transport network to connect London to Birmingham. The first part of the motorway was built in the 1960s and connected London to Oxford. It was not until 1990 that the second section, linking Oxford to Birmingham, was constructed. The M40... M40 motorway, which also links northwards to This article is about the city in England. See also Birmingham, Alabama in the USA, and other places called Birmingham. The city from above Centenary Square. ( Alternative View) Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the second largest and second most ethnically... Birmingham.

Rail connections include services to London ( Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major railway station in the Paddington area of London, which is the London terminus for long distance trains to the West of England and South Wales and some West London commuter services. The station is one of seventeen UK railway... Paddington), Bournemouth is a seaside resort in Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is located about 107 miles southwest of London and at Latitude 50.43N and Longitude 1.54W; the town overlooks Poole Bay. It was originally part of Hampshire but was ceded to Dorset in a 1974... Bournemouth, The city of Worcester (pronounced Wuh-ster) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. History The site of Worcester was first used by the Roman Empire in the 1st century, linking Gloucester... Worcester (via the Cotswold Line), and Bicester (pronounced bister) is a town in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire in England, its population is around 22,000. Bicester has a history going back to Saxon times, and is currently one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire. This growth is linked to the proximity to the M40... Bicester. The city also has regular train services northwards to This article is about the city in England. See also Birmingham, Alabama in the USA, and other places called Birmingham. The city from above Centenary Square. ( Alternative View) Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the second largest and second most ethnically... Birmingham, For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. With a population of 304,746 (2002 estimate), Coventry is the ninth largest city in England. The precinct, in Coventry city centre. Coventry has long been a centre of motor and... Coventry and the north.

The Oxford Canal connects to the Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 12935 km² Origin Kemble Mouth North Sea Basin countries England This article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is... River Thames at Oxford.

Tourist attractions

Oxford has many major tourist attractions, some associated with the university. As well as several famous institutions, the town centre is home to Categories: Stub | Oxfordshire ... Carfax Tower and a historical themed ride, The Oxford Story. In the summer, Punts on the Cam A punt is a flat-bottomed boat, typically used in small rivers and canals. It is propelled by pushing the river bed with a long pole. Punting is a popular tourist and leisure activity of the rivers of the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, England... punting on the Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames... Thames (sometimes called the Isis as it flows through Oxford) and the The River Cherwell is a river which flows through the midlands of England. It is a major tributary of the River Thames. The general course of the River Cherwell is north to south and the straight-line distance from its source to the Thames is about 40 miles. It flows... Cherwell is popular.

Other notable attractions include:

Religious sites

• Christ Church (in full: The Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry VIII) is one of the largest and wealthiest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Traditionally it has been seen as the most aristocratic college. It has... Christ Church Cathedral
• The Church of St Mary the Virgin (the University Church)
• Martyrs' Memorial

Museums and galleries

• The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England is the worlds first university museum. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built in 1678 - 1683 to house the collection of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677 -- the ones he had collected himself as well as those he had... Ashmolean Museum
• Pitt Rivers Museum interior The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building. The museum was founded in... Pitt Rivers Museum
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History, home of (the remains of) the Oxford Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. Start the DoDo article If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database. Please wait and check again... Dodo
• Modern Art Oxford
• University Museum of the History of Science

University buildings

(Other than the Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. Start the Colleges of the University of Oxford article If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database... colleges)

• The Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges Oxford University Libraries Service (OULS) comprises over 30 of the University of Oxfords central and faculty libraries: from the world famous Bodleian Library, established 400 years ago, to the modern digital library ventures. History The Bodleian... Bodleian Library
• The The Clarendon Building in Oxford, England, stands in the ceremonial center of the University of Oxford, near the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre. For many years it was the home of the Oxford University Press; today it is part of the Bodleian. The building was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor... Clarendon Building (often used as a set for film and television)
• The Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | University of Oxford ... Radcliffe Camera (one of several institutions named after John Radcliffe. John Radcliffe (1652 - 1714) was a British physician. A number of landmark buildings in Oxford, including the Radcliffe Camera, the Radcliffe Infirmary, and the Radcliffe Observatory were named after him. Radcliffe was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and graduated from Oxford University to become a Fellow of Lincoln College... John Radcliffe)
• The Sheldonian Theatre. View from Broad Street. The Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the university at the time and the projects main financial... Sheldonian Theatre
• The Oxford University Press
• University Offices (administration), Wellington Square

Open spaces

• The University Parks
• The University Botanic Garden
• Christ Church Meadow
• Port Meadow
• Mesopotamia
• Angel & Greyhound Meadow

Commercial areas

• Cornmarket Street, Oxford, is the street that leads north from Carfax Tower towards St Giles. seen from the north Located there are a variety of shops and businesses, including: Beate Uhse Boots Burger King The Clarendon Centre Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Starbucks YWCA seen from the south, 2004; notice the... Cornmarket Street, Oxford
• Turl Street, Oxford
• Little Clarendon Street
• Oxford Covered Market

Theatres and cinemas

• Oxford Playhouse
• New Theatre, George Street
• Ultimate Picture Palace, Cowley Road
• Phoenix Picturehouse, Walton Street

Traditional and historic pubs

• The Eagle and Child is a moderately common pub name. This article refers to The Eagle and Child in St Giles Street, Oxford, England, which is particularly popular with university students who familiarly and alliteratively refer to it as the Bird and the Baby (or the Fowl and Foetus). Sign... The Eagle and Child

Media and press

As well as the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. (For the history of the BBC before 1927, see British Broadcasting Company and for a complete list of articles see BBC (index).) Today the BBC is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of... BBC national radio stations, Oxford and the surrounding area has several local stations, including BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. On April 9, 1996, it was merged with Radio Berkshire to form Thames Valley FM. But this proved unpopular and on February 14, 2000 it was launched again as Radio Oxford, although some output is... BBC Radio Oxford, FOX FM Fox FM is a radio station broadcasting in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The station broadcasts on the frequences 102.6 MHz and 97.4 MHz FM. Part of the Capital Radio Group, the stations slogan is Todays best music. External link Fox FM website Media UK: Fox... Fox FM and Passion 107.9 [1] (http://www.passion1079.com/). A local TV station, Six TV is an Oxford based television station. It runs two services, one in Oxford, one in Southampton. It is free-to-air on UHF channel 47 (679.25 MHz). See also List of British television channels External links http://www.oxfordchannel.com/ Categories: British TV channels ... Six TV - The Oxford Channel is also available.

Popular local papers include the Oxford Mail, the Oxford Times, and the Oxford Star. The New Internationalist Publications is a co-operative-run publisher based in Oxford. It has editorial and sales offices in Toronto, Canada; Adelaide, Australia; Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand; and Lewiston, USA. It exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the... New Internationalist magazine is also based here.

Recently (2003) DIY grassroots non-corporate media has began to spread. [2]  (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/)

Literature in Oxford

Well-known Oxford-based authors include:

• Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His most famous writings are Alices Adventures in Wonderland and its... Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Dodgson), Fellow of Christ Church (in full: The Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry VIII) is one of the largest and wealthiest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The city of Christchurch, New Zealand was named after the college, which... Christ Church.
• (Norman) Colin Dexter is the British author of the Inspector Morse novels. Dexter was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, on 29 September 1930. After National Service with the Royal Corps of Signals he read Classics at Christs College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953. In 1954 he started his teaching career in... Colin Dexter who wrote and set his Were you looking for Morse code? Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. He is a senior CID officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England. His first name was kept a secret... Inspector Morse In modern colloquial English, a mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction (see mystery fiction). Also in modern colloquial English, a mystery is something which is unknown. Originally mystery was a religious term. A mystery was a rite into which only the initiated were admitted. See in particular the article... mystery A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. The English word novel derives from the Italian word novella, meaning a tale, a piece of news. The novel is longer (40,000 words and onwards) and... novels in Oxford.
• Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. He was born in Belfast, Ireland. He adopted the name Jack, which is how he was known to his friends and acquaintances. He is known for his work... C. S. Lewis, Fellow of Magdalen College (pronounced maudlin) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Magdalen is one of the most visited colleges in the university. Its large square tower is a famous landmark, and it is from the top of this tower early on May... Magdalen.
• Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher, famed for her series of novels that combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines usually involving ethical or sexual themes. Life and work Murdoch was born in 1919 in Dublin and studied... Iris Murdoch, Fellow of St Anne's
• Philip Pullman Philip Pullman, (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, who is the bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels and a number of other books, purportedly for children, but attracting increasing attention by adult readers. The series consisted... Philip Pullman who was an undergraduate at Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. History The college was founded in 1314. It is still located at its original site. Exeter College was founded by Walter de Stapeldon from Devon. He was the bishop of Exeter and later... Exeter.
• J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. He is wearing a WWI-era British Army uniform in this photograph. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) was the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. He attended King Edwards School, Birmingham... J. R. R. Tolkien, Professor of English at Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The squat, square tower of its chapel is one of the citys landmarks. Mob Quad, built in the 14th century, is the oldest quadrangle (or courtyard) of any Oxford or Cambridge college... Merton.

Many English novels have been set partly or wholly in Oxford. They include:

• Jude the Obscure (1895) by This article is about the British novelist. For other people with the same name, please see Thomas Hardy (disambiguation). Photograph of Hardy Thomas Masterson Hardy (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was a novelist and poet, generally regarded as one of the greatest figures in English literature. Biography Thomas Hardy... Thomas Hardy (in which Oxford is thinly disguised as " Christminster is a fictional town and university, modelled on Oxford, that appears in Thomas Hardys novel Jude the Obscure. Christminster is also a work of interactive fiction by Gareth Rees, set in Christminster. (Although Rees borrowed the place names from Hardy, his Christminster is modelled more on Cambridge.) Categories... Christminster").
• Zuleika Dobson (1911) by Max Beerbohm by William Rothenstein, 1893 Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956) was an English satirist and caricaturist. He was born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford... Max Beerbohm ( Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The squat, square tower of its chapel is one of the citys landmarks. Mob Quad, built in the 14th century, is the oldest quadrangle (or courtyard) of any Oxford or Cambridge college... Merton).
• Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 - Witham, 17 December 1957) was a British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. Dorothy L. Sayers (and she always insisted on that L.) is perhaps best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, a series of novels and... Dorothy L. Sayers ( Somerville College, part of the University of Oxford, was one of the first womens colleges to be founded there. History In June 1878 the Association for the Higher Education of Women was formed, aiming for the eventual creation of a college for women in Oxford. Some of the more... Somerville).
• Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (October 28, 1903 – April 10, 1966) was an English satirical novelist, brother of Alec Waugh and father of Auberon Waugh. Early Life Born in London, he left Oxford University (Hertford College) in 1924 with... Evelyn Waugh ( Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library. History The college was originally founded - as Hart Hall - in 1282 by Elias de Hertford. In medieval... Hertford).

See also the Literature section in the The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two... University of Oxford article.

Geography

Oxford's latitude and longitude are 51°45'07" N and 1°15'28" W (at Categories: Stub | Oxfordshire ... Carfax Tower, which is usually considered the centre).

Wards, neighbourhoods, and suburbs

The Oxford shark in Headington

• Blackbird Leys
• Botley is a small suburb just west of the Oxford city boundary. It surrounds the junction between the A34 Oxford ring road and the A420 to Swindon, and is a largely residential area with property prices ranging from relatively cheap to very expensive in the direction of Cumnor. It includes... Botley, Oxfordshire
• 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. The Cowley area underwent massive transformation from 1912 when William Morris established the Morris Motor Company and began manufacturing at a disused military... Cowley
• Temple Cowley
• East Oxford
• Headington - home to the Oxford shark.
• Jericho
• Marston
• North Oxford
• Osney
• Summertown

Politics in Oxford

a pre-election husting at the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency

Despite stereotypes of Oxford being a conservative city, there are no The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories. It votes with the European Peoples Party bloc in the European... Conservatives on the city council. Since The British local elections of 2004 were held on the tenth of June, as part of the 2004 set of elections along with the European elections and the London mayoral and Assembly elections. About the elections The councils of all the metropolitan boroughs in England and all the counties and... the local election in mid-2004, the council has been in minority administration by councillors from the The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and formed its first government since 1979. It... Labour Party, with the Lib Dem logo The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party (the two parties had already been in an alliance for some... Liberal Democrats being the official opposition. At 7 councillors, Oxford is one of the UK cities with highest The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. Its aims were initially solely environmental, but the party now has a broader platform of policies. It changed its name to the Green Party in the 1980s. The party enjoyed a brief spell of success... Green Party representation on the council. The The Independent Working Class Association is a small left-wing political party in Britain with the avowed aim of promoting the political and economic interests of the working class. It was formed in 1995 by several organisations, including Anti-Fascist Action, which argued that the likely election of a New... Independent Working Class Association also has councillors, mainly from wards with many A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. They are a common form of residential area in the UK, and are similarly popular in Europe. They are less prominent in countries with lower... housing estates in the southeast, such as Blackbird Leys.

The two MPs are The Right Honourable Andrew Smith (born 1952) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and a former member of the Cabinet. Categories: People stubs | 1952 births | British Secretaries of State | British MPs | UK Labour Party politicians | Members of the Privy Council | Old Redingensians ... Andrew Smith from the constituency Oxford East, erstwhile employment minister in the Labour government; and Categories: Stub | 1965 births | UK Liberal Democrat politicians | British MPs ... Evan Harris from the constituency Oxford West and Abingdon, sometime Liberal Democrat spokesperson on health.

There is also a large and vibrant alternative political culture mostly situated in East Oxford. Some examples are:

• Breach of the Peace radical samba band
• Oxford Student Activist Network
• Undercurrents
• OCSET
• Campaign to Close Campsfield
• Corporate Watch
• ETC group (formerly RAFI - Rural Advancement Foundation International) is an international organization dedicated to countering the problems they see in Erosion, Technology and Concentration. Erosion Erosion includes not only genetic erosion and the erosion of species, soils, and the atmosphere, but also the erosion of knowledge and the global erosion... ETC Group
• Oxford The Independent Media Center, also called Indymedia or the IMC, is a loose network of amateur or alternative media organizations and journalists who organize into decentralized collectives, normally around geographic locations. Indymedia users, by and large, tend to follow a liberal/leftist or sometimes libertarian political ideology. It was started... Indymedia (Oxford Indymedia (http://oxford.indymedia.org.uk))

Images of Oxford

• Oxford Town Hall, 2004-01-24, Copyright Kaihsu Tai File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 15:41, 24 Jan... The Oxford Town Hall
• Christ Church Meadow
• Magdalen Deer Park
• University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 2004-01-24, Copyright Kaihsu Tai File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del... University Church of St Mary the Virgin (Anglican)
• Download high resolution version (400x603, 60 KB)The Saxon Tower at the city church St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford, 2004-01-24, Copyright Kaihsu Tai File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to... The Saxon Tower at the church of St Michael-at-the-Northgate. The tower is one of the oldest surviving structures in the city.
• A map of central Oxford

See also

• The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxford University and Cambridge University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two... University of Oxford (including links to the individual colleges)
  • Oxford Union
• The Bishop of Oxford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, with parishes also in Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, and Warwickshire. The see is in the City of Oxford where the... Bishop of Oxford
• Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family. It finally became dormant in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of... Earl of Oxford
• Oxford United F.C.
• Oxfam is an international charity based in Oxford, UK, that organizes famine relief and promotes development. It was founded in England in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by Canon Theodore Richard Milford ( 1896– 1987), with a mission to send food through the Allied blockade to the... Oxfam

External links

• Oxford City Council official web site (http://www.oxford.gov.uk/)
• Oxford City Council official tourism web site (http://www.oxford.gov.uk/oxford/tourism.nsf/pages/tourism.html)
• Oxford Information (http://archive.museophile.org/ox/)
• The Aliens' Guide to Oxford (http://archive.museophile.org/ox/guide/)
• Mushroom Guide to Oxford (http://www.mushroompublishing.com/maps/oxford.html)
• The Oxford Guide: an Open Guide to Oxford (http://www.ox.compsoc.net/oxfordguide/)
• The Oxford shark (http://www.headington.org.uk/history/misc/shark.htm)
• Whats on at Oxford Indymedia (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/)