Secret Oxford
About this book
Oxford is identified with its university, and the university has certainly played a huge role in shaping the town. But the history of Oxford is much more than just a footnote to its colleges. The town was already old when the first scholars gathered there, and it has seen many major non-academic milestones, such as the founding of the hugely influential Morris works at Cowley by Lord Nuffield. Secret Oxford explores town and gown, the little-known facts as well as the well-known ones, and directs the reader – tourist or resident – to key locations and visible remains. Each well-illustrated chapter ends with a list of related things that must be seen. There are also a number of self-guided walks to help the reader experience the diverse flavour of the city and its history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- 1: Dreaming Spires
- 2: A Town is Born
- 3: Before the University
- 4: A University Emerges
- 5: Halls, Monasteries and Colleges
- 6: War, Peace and Architecture
- 7: Towards the Modern University
- 8: A Regular Town
- 9: Green Spaces
- 10: Oxford’s Suburbs and Villages
- 11: Four Walks and a Drive
- Further Reading
