The Story of Oxford

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UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Oxford Local Authority (1946157324)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 9 February 2018. Then she gathered up some food, her missal, and a few belongings, and wrapped in a warm cloak of fur, she slipped out with her ladies in the darkness of night through a small gate in the castle wall, and together they rowed up the river until they came to a tiny hamlet. Our Read with Oxford range of levelled readers help children develop reading confidence at home: Read with Oxford books > The University of Oxford maintains the largest university library system in the United Kingdom, [96] and, with over 11million volumes housed on 120 miles (190km) of shelving, the Bodleian group is the second-largest library in the United Kingdom, after the British Library. The Bodleian Library is a legal deposit library, which means that it is entitled to request a free copy of every book published in the United Kingdom. As such, its collection is growing at a rate of over three miles (five kilometres) of shelving every year. [97] Media [ edit ]

We end on a more recent note by way of showing you that interesting stories continue to be created in this fascinating city. In 2007, Oxford celebrated a thousand years of Oxfordshire history by holding a fire festival called “ Luminox” on Broad Street. This saw the street undergo a magical transformation with the temporary installation of a thousand little pots of fire arranged in various structures, including a huge swinging pendulum that would swing around a thousand times, each swing representing a year of Oxfordshire history. Broad Street is a popular focus for the city’s events, from French markets to hosting the Coca Cola lorry, but it will be a while before the city sees anything as impressive as Luminox taking place on this historic street again. Hiding the boat among the reeds of the riverbank, they concealed themselves in a byre among the beasts stabled there, and thus they passed the hours until dawn. Oxford Bus Company (4 November 2014). "Free Wi-Fi on buses announced as Oxford gets Super Connected!". WordPress. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. A. R. Woolley (1975). The Clarendon Guide to Oxford (3rded.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-951047-4.Oxford's central location on several transport routes means that it has long been a crossroads city with many coaching inns, although road traffic is now strongly discouraged, and largely prevented, from using the city centre. The Oxford Ring Road or A4142 (southern part) surrounds the city centre and close suburbs Marston, Iffley, Cowley and Headington; it consists of the A34 to the west, a 330-yard section of the A44, the A40 north and north-east, A4142/ A423 to the east. It is a dual carriageway, except for a 330-yard section of the A40 where two residential service roads adjoin, and was completed in 1966. Magdalen College is famous for its picturesque deer park, which is the scene of another amusing local legend. It’s said that during the Second World War meat shortages, Magdalen College’s deer were reclassified as vegetables to escape requisition by the Ministry of Food. They are herbivores, after all! Unfortunately, there isn’t any concrete evidence to suggest that this story is true, but the truth never did get in the way of a good story. 11. An unusual way of keeping the Plague at bay? Green We have to take the DNA and insert it into the human cells in a very controlled environment. And then we have to identify a clone – a cell that is starting to make the vaccine, but doing that from one single copy of the DNA we’ve inserted. The vaccine is a virus, so it’s multiplying in the cell; eventually the cell pops, the virus is released, John Wain (1925–1994), undergraduate at St John's and later Professor of Poetry at Oxford University 1973–78.

The earliest notice of the City of Oxford was mentioned in AD 912 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it states that Edward, son of Alfred the Great came into possession of "London and Oxford and all regions which owed obedience to these cities". [9] Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford a b "Medieval Oxford | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 11 February 2022.Edward C. Alden (1890), Alden's Oxford Guide (16thed.), Oxford: Alden & Co., OCLC 10923077, OL 23324274M Learn English in Oxford". oxford-royale.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014 . Retrieved 25 May 2014. Tension continued because kings granted the students certain privileges, which harmed the merchants of the town. The tension came to a head in 1355 when a fight occurred between them, which lasted for 3 days. Afterward, an investigation was held and as a result, the university staff and students were given still more privileges. Despite this, the conflict between the townspeople and the university died down. Buses [ edit ] Oxford Bus Company hybrid bus on a park & ride service Oxford Bus Company flywheel energy storage bus on a BrookesBus service Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (January 1960). "The Why and the Wherefore: Distances from London to Oxford". The Railway Magazine. Vol.106, no.705. Westminster: Tothill Press.

In the early 700's, the area around Oxford was governed by a Saxon king who was a vassal of the King of Mercia. In one account, he is called King Didan, and it was he who had founded a monastery - possibly for both monks and nuns - which was ruled by his daughter, Frideswide. In 1651 the first coffee house in England opened in Oxford. Coffee was a new drink at that time but it soon became popular. Many coffee houses were opened where middle-class and upper-class men could meet, have a drink, read newspapers, and talk shop. In 1659 a free grammar school was founded in Oxford. Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015 . Retrieved 8 March 2011. Arriving at the gates of Oxford, Algar is also blinded, but being unremorseful, never regains his sight.Oxford is first mentioned in 911 when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a sort of national diary, said: ‘King Edward received the burghs of London and Oxford with all the lands belonging to them’. Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

In the 1140s there was a civil war in England between Stephen and Matilda. In 1142 Matilda was at Oxford castle but her rival’s troops burned the town and besieged the castle. However, one n Matilda managed to escape across the frozen river. Oxford soon recovered from this disaster and began to flourish once again. Cath Green, head of the clinical biomanufacturing facility Sarah [Gilbert] had already made a vaccine against Mers, so she knew what the vaccine against the new coronavirus was going to look like. They take the DNA sequence of the coronavirus spike protein from the Chinese lab and adapt that to make it the right fit to go into our system. The Jenner lab take that sequence and insert it into a bigger sequence which contains the adenovirus genome. So I received from them a really small tube with a few micrograms of DNA. My job was to make that into the vaccine.On 28 February 2022 a zero-emission pilot area became operational in Oxford City Centre. Zero emission vehicles can be used without incurring a charge but all petrol and diesel vehicles (including hybrids) incur a daily charge if they are driven in the zone between 7am and 7pm. [86] Ffrench, Andrew (25 November 2022). "Legal challenge to bus gates is 'last resort' says Jeremy Mogford". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 6 December 2022. Discography for NME Compilation Cassette for Oxford Sound City". Discogs. 1997. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010 . Retrieved 10 October 2010. Eastern Section". East West Rail. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014 . Retrieved 23 August 2014.