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Hace 4 días · Oxford (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d /) is a 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.
Hace 2 días · Pembroke College, founded in 1624, was the direct descendant of Broadgates, one of the most important of the medieval halls. Its site is bounded by St. Ebbe's St. on the west, Brewer's St. on the south, St. Aldate's on the east, and Beef Lane on the north.
Hace 2 días · The Day Industrial school in St. Aldate's, founded by the Oxford School Board in 1879, attempted to educate and reform children who persistently played truant from jobs in industry.
Hace 4 días · CAMPION HALL. The history of Campion Hall is briefly as follows. In 1896 the Rev. Richard Clarke, S.J., who had taken his degree as a member of St. John's College in 1860 and had rowed for the Varsity in 1859, obtained leave from the Vice-Chancellor to open a Private Hall.
Hace 4 días · Streets are listed under their latest names. Except where otherwise stated the sources used were: H. E. Salter, The Historic Names of the Streets and Lanes of Oxford; Margaret Gelling, The Place-Names of Oxfordshire (E.P.N.S.), i. 37-44, which gives derivations; I. Taylor, Map of Oxford (1751); R. S. Hoggar, Plan of Oxford (1850).
Hace 4 días · John Ragnall of St. Aldate's, Oxford, cited in 1584 for bowling during divine service, confesses that he did bowl on Saturday, 24 June, at five o'clock in the afternoon. In a case in 1584 where two women contended in church about a pew, the brawling occurred on Monday, 1 November, during the Gospel.
Hace 5 días · The Allocations Scheme is the policy the Council uses to allocate social housing in Oxford and to prioritise those in housing need on the Oxford Register for Affordable Housing (ORAH) for offers of housing. A full copy of the Allocations Scheme is available on the Council website (www.oxford.gov.uk) or from here.
