- Publisher: Amberley
- Year: 2024
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 96pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 231x164mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781398116801
- Product code: 541225
Oxford
A Potted History
David Meara New Paperback Illustrated
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Much writing about Oxford is dominated by its university, but this illustrated history takes a wider look at its past and present, from St Frideswide’s foundation of a convent in the eighth century, through its role as the Royalist Civil War capital, the Industrial Revolution and the growth of its motor industry, to the development of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
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Oxford's history begins with the story of a king's daughter, Frideswide, who founded a nunnery in the meadows where the River Thames and River Cherwell meet. A settlement grew up around her shrine, which was built on the site of the present cathedral and it was also a good place for cattle to cross, hence the name 'Ox-Ford'. A Norman castle was built after the Conquest, and students were first attracted there in the reign of Henry I. The town and university continued to grow through the ravages of the Black Death, and in the Civil War became the home of Charles I's royal court. The pioneering Radcliffe Observatory was built in the eighteenth century and over the next couple of centuries industrialisation came to Oxford with the canal and railway network, printing and publishing, car manufacturing and brewing among other industries, and suburbs were built to house the working population. Today, alongside its universities, its role as a technological and medical hub is demonstrated by its development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, but it is also home to the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, founded in 1942, which opened its first Oxfam shop in 1949. The shop is still there on Broad Street today.
This book will look back over the centuries to uncover the fascinating history of the city. This accessible historical portrait of the transformation that Oxford has undergone through the ages will be of great interest to residents, visitors and all those with links to the city.
This book will look back over the centuries to uncover the fascinating history of the city. This accessible historical portrait of the transformation that Oxford has undergone through the ages will be of great interest to residents, visitors and all those with links to the city.
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Much writing about Oxford is dominated by its university, but this illustrated history takes a wider look at its past and present, from St Frideswide’s foundation of a convent in the eighth century, through its role as the Royalist Civil War capital, the Industrial Revolution and the growth of its motor industry, to the development of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
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