Oxford

Oxford is Oxfordshire in , with 134.248 inhabitants (). In contrast to the large rival, , are Oxford a city with much industry, in particular car production in the voorstad Cowley.

Oxford are called, however, the "city of the thoughtful pierce", a term which has been coined by Matthew Arnold because of harmonious of the university bldg..

History

Oxford have arisen in the time of Anglo-Saxons, and stood initially confessed as Oxanforda. The beginning was the foundation of sint Frideswide's in . Oxford were for the first time mentioned in written sources in Anglo-Saxon chronicles of the year . University of Oxford, the oldest university of United Kingdom is; for the first time mentioned in . The first colleges of Oxford were University college (), Balliol (), and Merton (1264).
The sometimes uncomfortable proportion town and gown (city and toga) introduced to a scuffle in which different university students were killed ( Saint Scholastica Day Riot).

Although in Oxford during English civil war in much support existed for the partisans of the parliament, became the city the hoofdkwartier of king Karel I of United Kingdom and its court, after the king had been dissipated. In admitted the city however to the troops of Parliamentarians under general Thomas Fairfax.

Asked in increased in Oxford both the industry and the population rapidly. Printing and publishers had acquired themselves in the years twenty good positions. Also car production started by in that decade Morris engine Company.

Oxford English Dictionary it is spent by Oxford University Press.
Possibly the most known person Oxford are .

Toeristenatracties and important bldg.

Christ Church Meadow

Magdalen Deer park

• Ashmolean museum
• Bodleian Library
• Carfax Tower
• the cathedral of Christ Church
• the church of the saint virgin Maria
• Clarendon bldg. (frequently uses as a set for film or television)
• The Oxford Story (topic ride)
• trees on (that in Oxford Isis is called), and Cherwell
• Rivers turn in museum
• Radcliffe camera (of the vele bldg. which to John Radcliffe have been called)
• Sheldonian theatre
• the university park

Literature in Oxford

Colin Dexter wrote Inspector morse in Oxford, and let play them there also.

Boasted authors Oxford are among others:

• C.S. Lewis (fellow or Magdelen college, Oxford)
• Philip Pullman
• J.R.R. Tolkien (hoogleraar in Oxford)
• , were born in Oxford

Oxford-studenten were later boasted that

• studied college in Oxford to Queen's
• studied maths to Christ Church college in Oxford
• studied Georgetown University in Oxford, with Rhodes Scholarship- grant
• , that had a relation with , studied in Oxford
• studied theology in Oxford
• studied to the university of Oxford
• studied English to the university of Oxford
• studied rights in Oxford with Rhodes Scholarship- ¯ ÿ ¿ grant
• studied to the university of Oxford
• studied organ to in Oxford
• studied college in Oxford to the Somerville, and became fellow of St. Anne's college in Oxford
• studied in Oxford
• studied in Oxford
• studied chemistry to the university of Oxford

External left

• Oxford city Council
• Mushroom Guide to Oxford