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


Oxfordshire, a S. midland county of England, stretching on the N. bank of the Thames between Gloucester and Buckingham; is an agricultural district; bleak in the N. and W., it is hilly, well wooded and picturesque in the S., where are the Chiltern Hills; iron-stone is mined near Banbury, blankets made at Witney, and paper at Shiplake and Henley; natives of the county were Edward the Confessor, Leland, Warren Hastings, Maria Edgeworth, and J. R. Green.

Population (1907) 186,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.
View of Oxford
Godstowe
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
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Places Shown

Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Godstowe; 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