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Oxford University Press (Other than the colleges) The Bodleian Library; The Clarendon Building (often used as a set for film and television) The Radcliffe Camera (one of several institutions named after John Radcliffe) The Sheldonian Theatre; The Oxford University Press
One of the most common activities facilitated by the museum are memory collecting events where local people are encouraged to visit the museum to share items, photographs, and memories of their lives in Oxford. One such event was the Sporting Oxford Collecting Day in 2019 which encouraged residents to share memories of sports in Oxford. [35]
Magdalen Tower is one of the oldest parts of Magdalen College, Oxford, situated directly in the High Street.Built of stone from 1492, when the foundation stone was laid, [1] its bells hung ready for use in 1505, and completed by 1509, it is an important element of the Oxford skyline.
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Writing in the "Oxford Diary" column in The Times in January 1984, A. N. Wilson labelled the newly built centre as "the most grotesquely horrible building I have ever seen"; [18] in 1985, a reporter for The Observer described the centre's "phoney unfunctional pipes" and Bavarian marble floors. [19] The Shoe Lane entrance prior to the 2012–14 ...
St Frideswide's Priory was established as a priory of Augustinian canons regular in Oxford in 1122. [1] The priory was established by Gwymund, chaplain to Henry I of England . Among its most illustrious priors were the writers Robert of Cricklade and Philip of Oxford .
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The origins of the fair can be traced back to medieval times where it became one of England's dynamic trading centers. The fair has survived medieval times and is organised for a two-day duration in September each year [2] by the Oxford City Council with the London and Home Counties section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain. [3]