Oxford

Oxford it is one old city college student located in the county of Oxfordshire, in . According to the census of , its population is of 134.248 inhabitants, approximately. Its geographic location is latitude 51°44'29''N and length 1°16'38''W (that corresponds to the location of Carfax Tower, to that is considered downtown).

Expression coined is known him like "the city of the dream needles", by Matthew Arnold in order to describe the harmony in the architecture of the university buildings. The occasionally tense relation between "the town and the academy" has always been a subject of much interest, that in 1355 it derived in a revolt with several died university students. Unlike its great rival, Cambridge, Oxford is an industrial city, associated mainly with the automotive industry in the suburb of Cowley.

History

The city was occupied for the first time at the time of sajones and is mentioned for the first time it in a writing in Anglo-Saxon chronicles of the year 912. , oldest of , is mentioned for the first time in . First of Oxford they were University College (1249), Balliol (1263) and Merton (1264).

Transport

Oxford is located to 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the northwest of ; the cities are united by M40 freeway, that also connects to the north with Birmingham.

Meduante train can be gone to London (Paddington, Bournemouth, Worcester (through Cotswold Line), and Bicester. The city also has services regular of train towards north a Birmingham, Coventry, etc. The railway service that connected Oxford and Cambridge, well-known like Varsity Line, it let work in .

Channel of Oxford it connects with Thames river in Oxford.

airport of Oxford in Kidlington it offers air services of businesses and generals.

Mass media and press

In addition to the national radio stations of BBC, Oxfords and the surrounding area have several local stations, like BBC Oxford Radio, Fox FM, Passion 107.9 [ 1 ], and It oxidizes: Oxford Student Radio [ 2 ] (that one became terrestrial radio in the 87.7 MHz FM at the end of May of 2005). A local television station, Six TV: Oxford Channel also he is available.

Between popular local newspapers they are included Oxford Mail, Oxford Times, and Oxford Star. The magazine New Internationalist also it has its seat here.

Recently (2003) they have begun to increase noncorporative mass media of populations DIY. [ 3 ]

Literature in Oxford

Some of the famous authors of Oxford are:

• Lewis Carroll (whose real name was Charles Dodgson), professor of Christ Church.

It also see the section of Literature in the article of .