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The floodplains for Oxford's two rivers reach right into the heart of the city, providing a wealth of green spaces. The University Parks; The University Botanic Garden; Christ Church Meadow; Port Meadow; Mesopotamia; Angel & Greyhound Meadow; Cutteslowe Park; South Park; Warneford Meadow; Punts in Oxford
Oxford University and city guide, on a new plan, Oxford: Henry Slatter, 1841, OL 13510937M "Oxford", Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road-book of England and Wales (3rd ed.), Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853; Theodore Alois Buckley (1862), "Oxford", Great Cities of the Middle Ages (2nd ed.), London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge
Oxfordshire History Centre holds a wide range of records which may be of use in family history, local history or other types of research: Local administrative records of the county, including the Quarter Sessions, County Council, District Councils, Parish Councils, Poor Law Union and Borough records. Oxford City Archives
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 confluence with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford. [8]
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.
1 December: City of Oxford Tramways Company opens its first route. City of Oxford High School for Boys opened. 1882 13 May: University Examination Schools, designed by T. G. Jackson, completed [25] (on the site of the Angel Inn). The teaching functions formerly carried out in the Old Schools Quad of the Bodleian Library are transferred here.
Oxford Canal; Carfax, Oxford; Castle Mill Stream; Oxford University Society of Change Ringers; Chapel of St Mary at Smith Gate; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Christian Social Union (UK) City of Oxford High School for Boys; City of Oxford Tramways Company; Collegium Musicum Oxoniense; Covered Market, Oxford
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century and the castle played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy.