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Items in Oxford taken from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896) (results page 1)


Oxford, the county town of Oxfordshire, seat of one of the great English universities and of a bishopric; is on the left bank of the Thames, 52 m. W. of London; it is a city of great beauty, its many collegiate buildings and chapels and other institutions making it the richest of English cities in architectural interest; naturally historical associations abound; here the Mad Parliament met and adopted the Provisions of Oxford in 1258; Latimer and Ridley in 1555, and Cranmer in 1556, were burned in Broad Street; Charles I. made it his head-quarters after the first year of the Civil War; it was the refuge of Parliament during the plague of 1665.

Population (1907) 46,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.
View of Oxford
Folly Bridge
Oxford Castle
Bocardo, destroyed in 1771.
Bocardo, North Side
Isis and Oxford Canal
The Muniment Room at Merton College
Magdalen Tower From Christchurch
Magdalen Cloisters
High Street
Castle Street
Christchurch College
Niches at Oriel
Oriel Street.
The Gateway of St. John’s College
St John’s College
Porch of St. Mary’s
Merton College
Martyrs Memorial
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Places Shown

Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Merton College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England