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  2. Timeline of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city, university and colleges of Oxford, ... 11 June: James Murray, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, ...

  3. History of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Oxford city centre. The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell. The town grew in national importance during the Norman period.

  4. Category:History of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    History of the city of Oxford and the University of Oxford, England. ... Timeline of Oxford; A. Alice's Shop; B. Bishop of Oxford; Black Assize of Oxford 1577; Bonn ...

  5. Oxford - Wikipedia

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    Oxford (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d / ⓘ) [5] [6] is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell.

  6. University of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    The University of Oxford is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer, in Canterbury Tales, referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford". [313] Mortimer Proctor argues the first campus novel was The Adventures of Oxymel Classic, Esq; Once an Oxford Scholar (1768). [314]

  7. Timeline of English history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England .

  8. Oxford Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Movement was a movement of high church members of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism.The movement, whose original devotees were mostly associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy and theology.

  9. History of Oxfordshire - Wikipedia

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    Ancient extent of Oxfordshire Map showing the parishes of Oxfordshire, c. 1900. The county of Oxfordshire in England is broadly situated in the land between the River Thames to the south, the Cotswolds to the west, the Chilterns to the east and The Midlands to the north, with spurs running south to Henley-on-Thames and north to Banbury.