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- Binsey, Oxfordshire
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- Holywell, Oxford
- Iffley
- Iron Age
- Jamaica
- Jericho, Oxford
- Joyride (crime)
- Labour Party (UK)
- Littlemore
- Littlemore Brook
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- New Hinksey
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- Template Oxford
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- Thames Valley Police
- The Oxpens
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Blackbird Leys
Coordinates: 51°43′19″N 1°12′40″W / 51.722°N 1.211°W / 51.722; -1.211
Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England, and is one of the largest council estates in Europe[citation needed]. According to the 2001 census, the ward had a population of 5,803. Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish. The parish was created in 1990. Its 2001 parish headcount was 12,196.
There was a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement on the site. Evidence has been found suggesting pits and roundhouses, with remains of pottery and a cylindrical loom weight of a kind previously known only from East Anglia.
Modern-day Blackbird Leys was built mainly in the 1950s and 60s to meet the then pressing need for accommodation. It was part of a plan to re-house people from the dilapidated inner city. This included large-scale clearance of a site near to where the Oxford Ice Rink is currently located (The Oxpens). Many of the families that moved onto the estate originally came from this area. It was also a convenient site for factory workers at Morris Motors Limited plant in nearby Cowley.
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Cutteslowe
Coordinates: 51°47′24″N 1°16′01″W / 51.790°N 1.267°W / 51.790; -1.267
Cutteslowe is a suburb of north Oxford, England, between Sunnymead and Water Eaton.
By AD 1004 St. Frideswide's Minster in Oxford held two hides of land at Cutteslowe. St. Frideswide's became an Augustinian Priory that continued to hold Cutteslowe until it was suppressed in 1525. It then passed to Cardinal Wolsey's Cardinal's College until Wolsey's downfall and attainder in 1529. Cardinal's College then became King Henry VIII's College until 1545.
Cutteslowe was then sold and changed hands three times before it was bought in about 1588 by William Lenthall, grandfather of the William Lenthall who was Speaker of the Long Parliament. Between 1611 and 1625 John Lenthall sold Cutteslowe to Sir John Walter of Sarsden near Churchill, Oxfordshire. Most of the estate was sold by a later Sir John Walter in 1703, and by 1737 had been acquired by Christ Church, Oxford. Sir John sold about 22 acres (8.9 ha) to a Dr. Robert South who used it to endow his school at Islip, Oxfordshire.
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East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of the East Anglian princess Etheldreda, the Isle of Ely also became part of the kingdom. Formerly a standard statistical region, for administrative purposes East Anglia now forms part of the East of England government office region and is defined as a Level 2 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, comprising the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire including the city of Peterborough unitary authority area.
The Kingdom of the East Angles, formed about the year 520 by the merging of the North and the South Folk (Angles who had settled in the former lands of the Iceni during the previous century) was one of the seven Anglo-Saxon heptarchy kingdoms (as defined in the 12th century writings of Henry of Huntingdon). For a brief period following a victory over the rival kingdom of Northumbria around the year 616, East Anglia was the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, and its king Raedwald was Bretwalda (overlord of the Anglo-Saxons kingdoms). But this did not last: over the next forty years, East Anglia was defeated by the Mercians twice, and it continued to weaken relative to the other kingdoms until in 794, Offa of Mercia had its king Æthelberht killed and took control of the kingdom himself.
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England
England
i/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
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Godstow
Coordinates: 51°46′48″N 1°17′56″W / 51.780°N 1.299°W / 51.780; -1.299
Godstow is a hamlet on the River Thames about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford. The ruins of Godstow Abbey, or Godstow Nunnery, are here.
Godstow abbey was built on what was then an island between streams running into the River Thames. The site was given to the foundress Edith, widow of Sir William Launceline in 1133 by John of St. John and built in local limestone in honour of St Mary and St John the Baptist for nuns of the Benedictine Order; with a further gift of land from him, the site was later enlarged. The church was consecrated in 1139.
The abbey was again enlarged between 1176 and 1188 when Henry II gave the establishment:
This endowment is no doubt due to the site being the burial place of his mistress Rosamund Clifford.
The abbey was suppressed in 1539 under the Second Act of Dissolution.
The Abbey precincts were entered from the Wolvercote-Wytham road, which ran through the outer court. Here there was a two-storey main gatehouse which had one large gate for carts and a second smaller one beside it for foot traffic.
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Grandpont
Coordinates: 51°44′42″N 1°15′47″W / 51.745°N 1.263°W / 51.745; -1.263
Grandpont is a mainly residential area in south Oxford. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right-angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.
It also contains the Grandpont Nature Park — a riverside park managed by Oxford City Council (grid reference SP510054). The park covers 7.4 acres (3.0 ha) and was created in 1985 on the site of a gas works that was demolished in 1960. The former railway bridge, used to carry coal from the main railway line across the River Thames to the older gas works in St Ebbes on the north bank, still stands, and is in use as a footbridge. A later bridge, Grandpont Bridge, provides a more direct pedestrian and cycle route across the river to St Ebbes.
The name of the area derives from the Grandpont, a medieval stone causeway now known to survive within the core of the modern Abingdon Road for a distance of at least 700 metres south of the city centre. The causeway may have been first built in the Anglo-Saxon era, and rebuilt in the late 11th century by the first Norman lord of Oxford, Robert D'Oyly I, crossing the low-lying ground south of the City, still very liable to winter flooding from the nearby River Cherwell.
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Headington
Coordinates: 51°45′54″N 1°12′43″W / 51.765°N 1.212°W / 51.765; -1.212
Headington is a suburb of Oxford, England. It is at the top of Headington Hill overlooking the city in the Thames Valley below. The life of the large residential area is centred upon London Road, the main road between London and Oxford.
The site of Headington shows evidence of continued occupation from the Stone Age, as the 2001 field excavations in Barton Lane found, suggesting a date in the 11th century BC. Pottery was found on the Manor Ground, suggesting an Iron Age settlement there in the 7th century BC. Roman kilns from about AD 300 have been found, including one now on display at the Museum of Oxford. Anglo-Saxon burial remains from about AD 500 have also been discovered.
Headington's toponym is derived from the Old English Hedena's dun, meaning "Hedena's hill", when it was the site of a palace or hunting lodge of the Kings of Mercia. In a charter of 1004, Ethelred II of England, "written at the royal ville called Headan dune", gave land in Headington to Frideswide's priory, which included the quarry and the area around it.
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Headington Hill
Coordinates: 51°45′22″N 1°13′30″W / 51.756°N 1.225°W / 51.756; -1.225
Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road road goes up the hill leading out of the city. There are good views of the spires of Oxford from the hill, especially from the top of South Park.And the way from Headington to Oxford go through the hill.
Between 1644 and 1646, Headington Hill was used by the Parliamentarian forces while besieging Oxford during the First English Civil War. Headington Hill Hall, built in 1824 for the Morrell family (local brewers), stands on the hill.
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Headington Quarry
Coordinates: 51°46′N 1°12′W / 51.76°N 1.20°W / 51.76; -1.20
Headington Quarry is a residential district of Oxford, England, located east of Headington and west of Risinghurst, just inside the Oxford ring road in the east of the city. To the south is Wood Farm. Today the district is also known colloquially as "Quarry". The area, now residential, is considerably uneven due to previous quarrying in the area.
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity was designed by George Gilbert Scott and built in 1848-49. The east window of its chancel was designed by Ninian Comper. The Friends of Holy Trinity Church was founded in 2002 to raise funds and look after the church. In 1930, C. S. Lewis, Oxford academic and author of The Chronicles of Narnia, and his brother Warnie moved, with Mrs Janie Moore and her daughter Maureen, into "The Kilns", a house on the outskirts of Headington Quarry. Lewis attended Holy Trinity Church. He first preached there on 29 March 1942, on the subject of "Religion and pleasure", and he is buried in the churchyard.
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Iffley
Coordinates: 51°43′52″N 1°13′37″W / 51.731°N 1.227°W / 51.731; -1.227
Iffley is a village in Oxfordshire, England, within the boundaries of the city of Oxford, between Cowley and the estates of Rose Hill and Donnington, and in proximity to the River Thames (Isis). Its most notable feature is its original and largely unchanged Norman church, St Mary the Virgin, which has a modern stained glass Nativity window designed by John Piper. The church is listed Grade I.
"In the chronicles of Abingdon Abbey (AD 941 – 946) the place is called Gifteleia. The Domesday Book of 1086 it is Givetelei. Merton College records in the 1290s call it Iftele and Yiftele; it is Yeftley to the civil servants[clarification needed] writing up the Domesday of Inclosures, in Latin, in 1517 – 18; Lincoln College accounts, written less formally and in English, have Ifley by 1543, and it is Iffley or Iflie during the Civil War 1642 – 46. Clearly, the sound of the name — at a time when spoken forms were dominant — was fixed by then. Afterwards the Y survived in occasional use, but only lawyers bothered with the T..."
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Jamaica
Coordinates: 18°10′57″N 77°19′18″W / 18.1823878°N 77.3217773°W / 18.1823878; -77.3217773
Jamaica (
i/dʒəˈmeɪkə/), officially the Commonwealth of Jamaica, is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length, up to 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, and 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno name for the island was Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs".
Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it became an English colony in 1655 under the name "Jamaica". It achieved full independence from Britain on August 6, 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. It remains a Commonwealth realm in concert with the Monarchy of Jamaica holding ultimate executive power, where Queen Elizabeth II is the current head of state and Queen of Jamaica.Kingston is the country's largest city and the capital.
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Littlemore
Coordinates: 51°43′12″N 1°13′37″W / 51.720°N 1.227°W / 51.720; -1.227
Littlemore is a district of Oxford, England. It has a parish council that also represents parts of Rose Hill. It is about 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and Sandford-on-Thames.
In the Middle Ages, and perhaps earlier, most of Littlemore was a detached part of the parish of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford. Other parts of the township were in the parish of Iffley. Littlemore did not become a separate ecclesiastical parish until 1847. It became a civil parish in 1866.
Until the early 20th century Littlemore was a rural area. Extensive development started in the 1920s and continued in the 1950s.
Until the 19th century Littlemore had no church. In 1828 John Henry Newman was appointed vicar of St. Mary's and he started agitating for a separate church at Littlemore. The new parish church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, designed by the architect H.J. Underwood, was consecrated in 1836. The church was built in the Gothic Revival style and became a model for smaller churches of the time.
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Littlemore Brook
Littlemore Brook is a tributary of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, southern England. It runs from the Blackbird Leys estate in the city of Oxford behind the Kassam Stadium and through the Oxford Science Park to the south of the city, near the village of Littlemore after which it is named. It joins the Thames near Sandford-on-Thames.
Coordinates: 51°42′48″N 1°13′43″W / 51.7133°N 1.2285°W / 51.7133; -1.2285
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New Hinksey
Coordinates: 51°44′13″N 1°15′14″W / 51.737°N 1.254°W / 51.737; -1.254
New Hinksey is a suburb in the south of the city of Oxford.
The suburb is west of the Abingdon Road (A4144). To the north is Grandpont and to the east, over Donnington Bridge, which crosses the River Thames, is Cowley. To the west is the railway line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway and beyond that Hinksey Stream, a branch of the River Thames.
The original Church of England parish church of Saint John the Evangelist was designed by the Gothic Revival architect EG Bruton and built in 1870. In 1900 it was demolished and replaced by one designed by the Scots architects William Bucknall and Ninian Comper.
New Hinksey Church of England Primary School is on Vicarage Road, beside St. John the Evangelist church.
There is a large outdoor public swimming pool in Hinksey Park between New Hinksey and Grandpont.
The suburb of New Hinksey was developed in the 19th century. Until then the area was covered by water meadows. New Hinksey was in Berkshire, in the parish of South Hinksey, until 1889, when it was absorbed into the city of Oxford. It remained in the ecclesiastical parish of South Hinksey, which is now called the parish of South with New Hinksey.
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New Marston
Coordinates: 51°45′47″N 1°14′06″W / 51.763°N 1.235°W / 51.763; -1.235
New Marston is a suburb about 1.25 miles (2 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford, England.
New Marston is built on land that was originally part of the manor of Headington. It was rural until the 19th century, when housing began to develop along Marston Road from St. Clement's towards the village of Marston. New Marston seems to have received a mains water supply by the end of the 1870's and mains drainage by the 1920's.
New Marston's main development was in the 20th century, when the County Borough of Oxford developed estates of council houses around Marston Road and north of Headley Way. The County Borough had built 138 council houses at New Marston by 1938 and added another 70 after 1950.
Cowley Road Congregational Church opened a mission hall in New Marston in 1885. This was replaced by a new building opened in 1939. It is now Marston United Reformed Church.
In 1919 the Church of England parish of St. Nicholas, Marston opened a mission hall in Ferry Road to serve the parts of New Marston that had been built by that time. Somewhat later a campanile was added, its style and sand-lime brick suggesting that it is the work of the then Oxford Diocesan Architect T. Lawrence Dale.
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Norham Manor
Coordinates: 51°45′54″N 1°15′25″W / 51.765°N 1.257°W / 51.765; -1.257
The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is Park Town with its crescents, to the east is the River Cherwell, to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.
The architect William Wilkinson laid out the estate in the 1860s on land owned by St John's College, Oxford. The houses are large Victorian villas, many in Italianate and Gothic Revival styles. Wilkinson himself designed several of them, notably in Norham Gardens (built 1860–70). Others were designed by Charles Buckeridge (built 1862–66) and Frederick Codd.
Lady Margaret Hall, one of the University of Oxford's formerly women-only colleges, lies to the west of Norman Manor at the end of Norham Gardens and on the River Cherwell. Further north is the Dragon School, a private preparatory school.
As of 2006, Kellogg College moved to Norham Manor. The college houses its administrative offices at 62 Banbury Road.
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North Oxford
Coordinates: 51°46′26″N 1°15′58″W / 51.774°N 1.266°W / 51.774; -1.266
North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the College.
The leafy roads of Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east (leading to Woodstock and Banbury respectively) run north-south through the area, meeting at their southern ends to become St Giles' Street. North Oxford is noted for its schools, especially its private schools. These include the Dragon School and Summer Fields (formerly Summerfield), which are preparatory schools, and St Edward's School and the Oxford High School for Girls, which are secondary schools.
Four of Oxford University's former women's colleges, Lady Margaret Hall, St Anne's, St Hugh's and Somerville (at the southern extreme) are located in North Oxford. There are also four graduate colleges, Green College, St Antony's, both off the Woodstock Road, Kellogg on Banbury Road, and to the east Wolfson, on the River Cherwell. Further south, also bordering the Cherwell, are the University Parks. A large open area of ancient common land, Port Meadow, adjoining the River Thames, is located to the west.
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Osney
Coordinates: 51°45′07″N 1°16′26″W / 51.752°N 1.274°W / 51.752; -1.274
Osney or Osney Island (
/ˈoʊzni/; an earlier spelling of the name is Oseney) is a riverside community in the west of the city of Oxford, England. In modern times the name is applied to a community also known as Osney Town, located off the Botley Road, just west of the city's main railway station, on an island surrounded by the River Thames and its backwaters. Osney is part of the city council ward of Jericho and Osney.
Until the early 20th century the name was applied to a different island, between Castle Mill Stream and the main stream of the Thames, on which Osney Abbey and Osney Mill were established during the Middle Ages. The place plays a minor but significant role in The Miller's Tale in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
The name of Osney is Old English, and means either "island in the Ouse" (possibly an old name for the Thames) or "Osa's Island". Until the early 20th century the name was applied to the island formed by two streams of the River Thames immediately west of the centre of Oxford, Castle Mill Stream and the stream which is now the main channel of the river. To the north the island is bounded by a short channel between the River Thames and the Castle Mill Stream, the Sheepwash Channel, which separates it from Fiddler's Island.
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Oxford
Oxfordi/ˈɒksfəd/ is a city in central southern England, the home of the University of Oxford. The city is the county town of Oxfordshire, and forms a district within the county. It has a population of just under 165,000, of whom 153,900 live within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames (also sometimes known as the Isis locally) run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre.
Oxford has a diverse economic base. Its industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing and a large number of information technology and science-based businesses.
Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example of every English architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons, including the iconic, mid-18th century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of Oxford's university buildings. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
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Oxford Ice Rink
Oxford Ice Rink is a 56 × 26m ice rink located on Oxpens Road in Oxford, England. It is a ten-minute walk from Oxford city centre and railway station.
In 1980, money was raised by the Oxford Ice Skating Trust (OXIST) for the construction of a new ice rink — a project that was taken over by the Oxford City Council, who continue to own and manage the premises. The rink, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, was built on Oxpens Road (known as Nun's Walk prior to 1850) and opened in 1984. It looks like a ship, thanks to two 30-metre masts at each end that earned it the nickname, "the Cutty Sark". The north end of the building is fully glazed, allowing plenty of natural light into the rink.
The rink offers public and disco. Both group and individual lessons in figure skating and ice dance are available from BITA qualified instructors.
In February 2009, the Oxford City Council awarded the contract to manage leisure in Oxford. Since March 31, 2009, all of Oxford Leisure, including the Oxford Ice Rink has been run by Fusion-Lifestyle Ltd.[1] This assured the future of the rink for the duration of the contract with Fusion, who will oversee the refurbishment of the facility. [2] [3]
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Oxford Science Park
The Oxford Science Park (OSP) is a science and technology park located on the southern edge of the city of Oxford, England. It was founded jointly by Magdalen College, Oxford and Prudential in 1990. The park maintains strong links with the nearby University of Oxford and currently contains just over 60 companies.
There are two amenity buildings on the Science Park, the Magdalen Centre and the Sadler Building. Both contain:
There is a nursery on the Science Park operated by The Oxford Nursery.[citation needed] There is also an Oxford Science Park Netball Club.
Organisations with a presence at Oxford Science Park include:
The science park is situated in Littlemore, which is about 5 km to the south of Oxford city centre, south of the Oxford Ring Road.
Coordinates: 51°42′57″N 1°13′06″W / 51.71583°N 1.21833°W / 51.71583; -1.21833
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Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire ( /ˈɒksfərdʃər/ or /ˈɒksfərdʃɪər/; archaically the County of Oxford; abbreviated Oxon from the Latinised form of "Oxford", Oxonia) is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire (to the north/northeast), Buckinghamshire (to the east), Berkshire (to the south), Wiltshire (to the southwest) and Gloucestershire (to the west).
The county has major education and tourist industries. The area is noted for the concentration of performance motorsport companies and facilities. Oxford University Press is the largest firm among a concentration of print and publishing firms; the University of Oxford is also linked to the concentration of local biotechnology companies.
The main centre of population is the city of Oxford. Other significant settlements are Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington, and Chipping Norton to the north of Oxford; Witney to the west; Thame and Chinnor to the east; and Abingdon, Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames to the south. Future population growth in the county is hoped[clarification needed] to be concentrated around Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot and Witney, near the South Midlands growth area.
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Oxpens Road
Oxpens Road is a road in central Oxford, England, linking west and south Oxford. It is named after the marshy area of Oxpens, next to one of the branches of the River Thames in Oxford.
To the northwest, Oxpens Road becomes Hollybush Row, meeting at Frideswide Square, forming the major junction of the Botley Road, Park End Street and Hythe Bridge Street near the Saïd Business School and Oxford railway station (to the west of the city centre). To the southeast it becomes Thames Street, just north of the River Thames, and meets the junction with the south end of St Aldates near Christ Church Meadow (to the south of the city centre). It forms part of an inner ring road for the southwest part of the centre of Oxford.
Halfway along is the Oxford Ice Rink, a distinctive 1984 building by Nicholas Grimshaw, which is the home of the Oxford City Stars ice hockey team. One of the campuses of the Oxford and Cherwell Valley College is located here on the north side. The road crosses the southern end of the Castle Mill Stream just before it reaches the River Thames. Oxpens Road also provides access to major car parks for the centre of Oxford, including the Westgate Shopping Centre.
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Risinghurst
Coordinates: 51°46′N 1°11′W / 51.76°N 1.19°W / 51.76; -1.19
Risinghurst is an outlying residential area of Oxford, England, just outside the Eastern Bypass Road which forms part of the Oxford ring road. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km)east of the centre of Headington and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Oxford city centre.
It is part of the Risinghurst and Sandhills civil parish and is typical of housing estates built between the wars to house an increasingly prosperous working class who were moving into new urban centres—in this instance to take advantage of the burgeoning motor industry in Oxford. These estates offered decent housing, relatively sizeable gardens, a garage for a car and whilst Risinghurst isn't quite a garden city it has a sense of tranquility. (The countrification coming from the pebble-dash finish, the rough stone front wall, and a decent sized front garden where roses could be—and often were—grown.) During the 1930s some 600 homes were built in sets of semi-detached units; two rows of shops were built on Downside Road and more at the end of Green Road in a stretch called The Roundway along with two pubs, a small library but neither a school nor, initially, a church. So not quite a self-contained community and one that by and large was defined by 'The Works' (Morris Motors and Pressed Steel) that offered a broad range of amenities for their employees.
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St John Street area
Coordinates: 51°45′22″N 1°15′43″W / 51.756°N 1.262°W / 51.756; -1.262
The St John Street area is a residential area close to the city centre in Oxford, England. It consists of two streets, St John Street and Beaumont Buildings. Wellington Square is to the north, Pusey Street to the east, and Beaumont Street to the south.
It is an area of terraced houses developed in about 1830 as part of the same scheme as Beaumont Street.
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Sunnymead
Coordinates: 51°47′06″N 1°15′58″W / 51.785°N 1.266°W / 51.785; -1.266
Sunnymead is a suburb in the northern part of Oxford, England, just south of the Oxford Ring Road (A40). Close by are the suburbs of Cutteslowe to the north, Summertown to the south and Upper Wolvercote to the west. To the east is the River Cherwell, which flows south towards central Oxford.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Walton Manor
Coordinates: 51°45′50″N 1°16′01″W / 51.764°N 1.267°W / 51.764; -1.267
Walton Manor is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is north of Jericho and the former site of the Radcliffe Infirmary hospital and forms part of North Oxford. The street layout and many of the area's buildings date from the mid-19th century. It was developed on land belonging to St John's College, Oxford.
In 1975 Walton Manor was designated as a Conservation Area under the Town and Country Planning Act 1971. The conservation area is bounded by Leckford Road on the north, Woodstock Road on the east, the properties fronting Observatory Street to the south, and Kingston Road and Walton Street to the west. The main road north-south through the area is Kingston Road, which continues southwards as Walton Street towards the city centre.
Walton Manor Farm used to be on the site of St Sepulchre's Cemetery, in Jericho, just south of the Eagle Ironworks on Walton Well Road.
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Wolvercote
Coordinates: 51°47′06″N 1°17′24″W / 51.785°N 1.290°W / 51.785; -1.290
Wolvercote (Oxfordshire, England) is a village that is part of the City of Oxford, England, though still retaining its own identity. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford, on the northern edge of Wolvercote Common, which is itself north of Port Meadow.
The village is listed in the Domesday Book as Ulfgarcote (Cottage of Woolgar; or Woolgar's place); the name had mutated to Wolvercote by 1185.
Wolvercote housing faced onto its extensive commons, which provided much of the community's livelihood. Some residents still have ancient rights on the commons. Geese rearing was once an important local activity, and a goose is still one of the village symbols. Horses and cattle are still grazed on Wolvercote Common and Port Meadow.
In 1789 the Oxford Canal divided the village into two parts, and in 1846 the Oxford and Rugby Railway was built beside the canal through the village. In 1850 the Buckinghamshire Railway was completed through a tunnel and cutting along the eastern edge of Upper Wolvercote. The western edge of Upper Wolvercote parallels the canal at Wolvercote Green and fades into North Oxford suburbia to the east. Lower Wolvercote borders the River Thames at Godstow to the west, and Port Meadow and the canal to the east.
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The Olympic torch relay comes to Blackbird Leys and Cowley
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- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
Great turn out by the people of Blackbird Leys. I put this on youtube because the local media seemed to miss us out for some reason. It went from footage at the BMW Plant to South Park, 'so nothing happened in the middle then? BBC Oxford!!!!!!!!!!
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Great turn out by the people of Blackbird Leys. I put this on youtube because the local media seemed to miss us out for some reason. It went from footage at the BMW Plant to South Park, 'so nothing happened in the middle then? BBC Oxford!!!!!!!!!!
The Blackbird Leys Mile Run 2012
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- Duration: 8:43
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
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Just a normal Tuesday in Blackbird Leys (or is it?)
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- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 25 Apr 2012
Just another sunny Tuesday evening in Blackbird Leys, a few people outside the Bullnose Morris pub watching the traffic go by. (like you do).
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Just another sunny Tuesday evening in Blackbird Leys, a few people outside the Bullnose Morris pub watching the traffic go by. (like you do).
- published: 18 May 2010
- views: 3478
- author: Kevin Brackett
Oxford blackbird leys
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- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Bus view
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blackbird leys clo morgan
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 25 Sep 2011
lol walkin round showing blackbird leys
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cdi yp2 launch day event @ Blackbird Leys Community Centre
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- Duration: 8:52
- Updated: 29 Oct 2011
The Leys CDI project presents a launch day for the big National lottery funded YP2 project where CDI youth workers work in partnership with local young people to organize run and facilitate new projects, courses and activities after school. Here is some of the young people in action
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The Leys CDI project presents a launch day for the big National lottery funded YP2 project where CDI youth workers work in partnership with local young people to organize run and facilitate new projects, courses and activities after school. Here is some of the young people in action
- published: 20 Jul 2010
- views: 1063
- author: theleyscdi
Olympic Torch Relay - Blackbird Leys Cuddesdon Way
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- Duration: 0:57
- Updated: 12 Jul 2012
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Olympic Flame Relay, Part 1, Blackbird Leys, Oxford. 09/07/2012.
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- Duration: 5:09
- Updated: 09 Jul 2012
The parade of sponsor vehicles before the main flame procession. 09/07/2012.
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The parade of sponsor vehicles before the main flame procession. 09/07/2012.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 362
- author: Mark Mc
Olympic Flame Relay, Part 2, Blackbird Leys, Oxford. 09/07/2012
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 09 Jul 2012
The flame part of the procession turning from Cuddesdon Way into Blackbird Leys Road.
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The flame part of the procession turning from Cuddesdon Way into Blackbird Leys Road.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 240
- author: Mark Mc
Olympic Torch Relay visits Blackbird Leys, Oxford.
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- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 09 Jul 2012
Olympic Torch Relay visits Blackbird Leys, Oxford. 9th July, 2012
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Olympic Torch Relay visits Blackbird Leys, Oxford. 9th July, 2012
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 167
- author: bulletford
Blackbird Leys- Mr. Squirrel
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- Duration: 5:46
- Updated: 18 Nov 2012
a darker funkier swirl; pick it up for as much as you want (including for free) at mrsquirrel.bandcamp.com
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a darker funkier swirl; pick it up for as much as you want (including for free) at mrsquirrel.bandcamp.com
- published: 31 Oct 2012
- views: 14
- author: Piers Caldwell
OCVC Blackbird Leys Open Evening November 30th
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- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 06 Dec 2011
OCVC Blackbird Leys Open Evening November 30th
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OCVC Blackbird Leys Open Evening November 30th
- published: 06 Dec 2011
- views: 240
- author: ocvccollege
DjCol blackbird leys song
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- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Acoustic version
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TORCH RELAY HITS OXFORDS BLACKBIRD LEYS
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- Duration: 0:27
- Updated: 12 Jul 2012
Never seen so many around the Leys,a gr.eat day had by all
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Never seen so many around the Leys,a gr.eat day had by all
- published: 11 Jul 2012
- views: 41
- author: yardbirdmackay
HRH The Duke of York visits OCVC's Blackbird Leys campus on Thursday 2nd February 2012.
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- Duration: 5:30
- Updated: 06 Feb 2012
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bonfire in blackbird leys
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 08 Mar 2012
a bonfire i made in my back garden with one of my Polish friends you can hear him in the background
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a bonfire i made in my back garden with one of my Polish friends you can hear him in the background
- published: 08 Mar 2012
- views: 28
- author: Anabolic Anartist
British Open Tai Chi championships 2011 Blackbird Leys Oxford
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- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 08 May 2011
Nottingham Cloud Dragon Tai Chi player wins Gold in Tui Shou (pushing hands) at the 23rd Festival of Chinese Martial Arts and British Open Tai Chi Chuan Championships, Oxford, April 10th 2011
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Nottingham Cloud Dragon Tai Chi player wins Gold in Tui Shou (pushing hands) at the 23rd Festival of Chinese Martial Arts and British Open Tai Chi Chuan Championships, Oxford, April 10th 2011
- published: 17 Apr 2011
- views: 1237
- author: TheZhongzheng
Archaeoscoop: Stonehenge Laser Analysis
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- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Welcome to Archaeoscoop, the place to find heritage and archaeology related stories from around the world! Today, I have no voice again -- But there was a great story about Stonehenge which I HAD to share! : Revealed: Early Bronze Age carvings suggest Stonehenge was a huge prehistoric art gallery: www.independent.co.uk Heritage centre plan for Roman site in Northamptonshire: www.bbc.co.uk Oxford archaeology society's Blackbird Leys dig: www.bbc.co.uk Low Mississippi River exposes shipwreck near Cape Girardeau: www.semissourian.com Tomb Near Serres Wife, Son of Alexander?: greece.greekreporter.com Campaign for Staffordshire Hoard monument starts: www.expressandstar.com Bronze age pottery find in Jersey: www.bbc.co.uk CSIC RESEARCHERS FIND THE EXACT SPOT WHERE JULIUS CAESAR WAS STABBED: www.heritagedaily.com The big dig: How a great archaeological discovery has drawn the people of Orkney: www.guardian.co.uk York goes global in its fight for Richard's royal bones: www.guardian.co.uk Dundee Heritage Trust misses out on Scott's compass: www.bbc.co.uk 'Gloomy' Newcastle Cathedral getting £250000 makeover: www.bbc.co.uk New excavations begin at Bulgaria's medieval Urvich fortress: sofiaglobe.com
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Welcome to Archaeoscoop, the place to find heritage and archaeology related stories from around the world! Today, I have no voice again -- But there was a great story about Stonehenge which I HAD to share! : Revealed: Early Bronze Age carvings suggest Stonehenge was a huge prehistoric art gallery: www.independent.co.uk Heritage centre plan for Roman site in Northamptonshire: www.bbc.co.uk Oxford archaeology society's Blackbird Leys dig: www.bbc.co.uk Low Mississippi River exposes shipwreck near Cape Girardeau: www.semissourian.com Tomb Near Serres Wife, Son of Alexander?: greece.greekreporter.com Campaign for Staffordshire Hoard monument starts: www.expressandstar.com Bronze age pottery find in Jersey: www.bbc.co.uk CSIC RESEARCHERS FIND THE EXACT SPOT WHERE JULIUS CAESAR WAS STABBED: www.heritagedaily.com The big dig: How a great archaeological discovery has drawn the people of Orkney: www.guardian.co.uk York goes global in its fight for Richard's royal bones: www.guardian.co.uk Dundee Heritage Trust misses out on Scott's compass: www.bbc.co.uk 'Gloomy' Newcastle Cathedral getting £250000 makeover: www.bbc.co.uk New excavations begin at Bulgaria's medieval Urvich fortress: sofiaglobe.com
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 205
- author: Archaeos0up
blackbird leys scrap/fight in the field
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- Duration: 0:17
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
no names....
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From Gudalur to Greater Leys - new version.mp4
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- Duration: 6:38
- Updated: 26 Jun 2012
How indigenous women in South India are linking with women in an Oxford housing estate by trading tea. This is Just Change in action. For more information see www.justchangeuk.org.
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How indigenous women in South India are linking with women in an Oxford housing estate by trading tea. This is Just Change in action. For more information see www.justchangeuk.org.
- published: 26 Jun 2012
- views: 190
- author: Sabita Banerji
Breaking News 2nd Alien Signal in Morse Code and Visual Binary 26.08.12 @ 9.30am
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- Duration: 10:59
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
Recorded @ 9.30am on 26th August 2012 in Blackbird Leys, Oxford UK, it came from the same area in the sky which I filmed the Huge UFO Beaming Multicoloured Light to the Ground and Sky. This film contain the Original Video footage of the Object and the Morse Code Signal Sound is Distinctly on the Vide, It Starts and Stops in a Repeated Fashion. When I used part of the film to slow down @1.39 to 2.00 mins by x0.125, an 1/8th of the original speed, I added the Visual Effect in Windows Video Maker of Posterise & Threshold to enhanced the Object & noticed that the Green Orb thing, was transmitting a Written Communication in a Form of Morse Code which you can see on the film when slowed down
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Recorded @ 9.30am on 26th August 2012 in Blackbird Leys, Oxford UK, it came from the same area in the sky which I filmed the Huge UFO Beaming Multicoloured Light to the Ground and Sky. This film contain the Original Video footage of the Object and the Morse Code Signal Sound is Distinctly on the Vide, It Starts and Stops in a Repeated Fashion. When I used part of the film to slow down @1.39 to 2.00 mins by x0.125, an 1/8th of the original speed, I added the Visual Effect in Windows Video Maker of Posterise & Threshold to enhanced the Object & noticed that the Green Orb thing, was transmitting a Written Communication in a Form of Morse Code which you can see on the film when slowed down
- published: 26 Aug 2012
- views: 348
- author: OffWorldVisitors
British Open Tai Chi Chuan Championships 2011 Blackbird Leys Oxford. Wudang Spear.
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- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 03 May 2011
Phil Irwin and Tricia Hickling performing spear in Oxford
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Phil Irwin and Tricia Hickling performing spear in Oxford
- published: 21 Apr 2011
- views: 483
- author: TheZhongzheng
photo: AP / New York City Police Department
30 Dec 2012
A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform because she has hated Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US and thought he was one was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said ... Menendez, 31, was awaiting arraignment on the charge on Saturday evening, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. She faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted ... On Dec ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
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01 Jan 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. For good reason Mark Charles, a member of the Navajo Nation, is deeply offended that buried on page 45 of the 2010 Defense Appropriation Act (after pages on the maintenance and operation of the United States Military) is an "official" apology to Native American People ... political leaders and officials find it extremely difficult in expressing remorse for past mistakes ... Escorted by the U.S....(size: 5.6Kb)
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30 Dec 2012
London. UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’ ... (ANI). For Zee News’s Updates, follow us on Twitter , Facebook, Google+, Pinterest. First Published ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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31 Dec 2012
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the German economic climate in 2013 will be "even more difficult". In her new year message, she also cautioned that the eurozone debt crisis was far from over. However, she did say that reforms designed to address the roots of the problem were beginning to bear fruit ... In a taped interview to be broadcast later on Monday, Mrs Merkel urged Germans to be more patient ... Voters 'wary' ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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01 Jan 2013
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrians woke on New Year's Day to countrywide aerial bombardment, while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fighting to topple him clashed on the outskirts of the capital. Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians search for bodies under rubble after an air strike by a fighter jet loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Marja district December 31, 2012. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
BBC News
29 Dec 2012
A greyhound track will close its doors for the last time later when it hosts its final race meeting after 73 years. The Oxford Stadium, which recently dropped its Friday afternoon meetings, is being closed by operator the Greyhound Racing Association ... Staff at the track on Sandy Lane in Blackbird Leys were informed of the closure in November ... 'Chronically underused' ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
BBC News
19 Dec 2012
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27 Nov 2012
Several roads in Oxford have been closed because of increased flooding. Areas affected by the rising water levels include Abingdon Road, Binsey Lane and Seacourt Park and Ride. Oxford resident Dominic Utton said. "There is a feeling that the flooding could go either way - we're on a knife edge." ... He said ... He added ... Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre is on standby for residents affected by flooding, and three schools have been closed ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
BBC News
26 Nov 2012
A decision to close a greyhound stadium after 73 years is an "absolute tragedy", an MP has said. Staff at The Oxford Stadium, on Sandy Lane in Blackbird Leys, were informed on Friday afternoon that the last race would be staged on 29 December. Oxford East Labour MP Andrew Smith said ... 'Overwhelming support'. Mr Smith added ... He added ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
BBC News
26 Nov 2012
Refuge centres have been set up in Oxfordshire as flood warnings on more rivers are put in place. Both Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre and Langdale Hall in Witney are on standby for residents affected by flooding ... An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman said ... 'Flooding risk' ... A spokesman said ... He added ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
BBC News
23 Nov 2012
Staff at The Oxford Stadium, on Sandy Lane in Blackbird Leys, were informed on Friday afternoon that the last race would be staged on 29 December ... Gordon Roper, chairman of Blackbird ......(size: 0.9Kb)
Interactive drama to help young people cope with separation and divorce (Oxfordshire County Council)
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Leys Youth Programme (£2,841) to run a range of weekly activity based clubs in Blackbird Leys Cherwell Theatre Company (£2,000) to stage 22 performances of a community production of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Mill Arts Centre The Children's Society (£500) to fund a weekly activities club and Great Tew School Trust (£5,000) to construct a small community sports pitch/recreation area on the roof of the village school extension....(size: 2.9Kb)
BBC News
09 Nov 2012
An archaeology dig at a medieval nunnery in Oxford has unearthed a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age arrowhead. The five-week dig by the Archaeology of East Oxford Community Project (Archeox) also revealed prehistoric worked flints, medieval and roman pottery ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)
BBC News
09 Oct 2012
The project by East Oxford Community Archaeology Society centres around the Priory Pub in Blackbird Leys ... She said it was not just the city centre which boasts a wealth of history ... ....(size: 1.0Kb)
The Daily Mail
22 Jun 2012
Labour got it wrong. Ed Miliband admitted that his party became disconnected from the concerns of working people about immigration during their 13 years in power. We should welcome Ed Miliband’s admission yesterday that Labour governments ‘got it wrong’ on immigration ... Just three miles way is Blackbird Leys, one of the poorest areas in the country, where there are many white working class people living on benefits....(size: 13.1Kb)
BBC News
22 May 2012
An Oxford employment charity for disadvantaged adults faces closure unless it can secure more funding. The Pathway Workshop in Blackbird Leys provides work and training opportunities for people aged between 16 and 80. In business for 25 years, the charity employs 17 disabled people. It makes money from selling furniture and firewood as well as fund-raising. It currently receives no government support and costs £250,000 to run ... He said ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
Huffington Post
22 May 2012
Many of us back at Oxford thought that Cory might be the first African-American president. Not because of his resume or his ability to connect with people ... For those who believe he started this only when he entered the national spotlight, I remember him doing the same at Oxford, where he led a mentoring program with several other Oxford students in Blackbird Leys, a housing estate a few miles outside the university ... Gay students ... ....(size: 11.3Kb)
Jakarta Globe
13 Apr 2012
One night in March 1987, I was officer in charge of the main fire station in Oxford, England. At around three o’clock in the morning we received a call about a house fire in an area of the city called Blackbird Leys. While en route, we received a radio message from the control room saying they had gotten numerous calls about the blaze. This meant we were about to arrive at a very serious fire ... But, at least everyone survived ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
Coordinates: 51°43′19″N 1°12′40″W / 51.722°N 1.211°W / 51.722; -1.211
| Blackbird Leys | |
 Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 12,196 (2001 census)[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SP5502 |
| Civil parish | Blackbird Leys |
| District | Oxford |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode district | OX4 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Oxford East |
| Website | Blackbird Leys Parish Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England, and is one of the largest council estates in Europe[citation needed]. According to the 2001 census, the ward had a population of 5,803.[2] Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish. The parish was created in 1990. Its 2001 parish headcount was 12,196.[1]
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Origin[link]
There was a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement on the site. Evidence has been found suggesting pits and roundhouses, with remains of pottery and a cylindrical loom weight of a kind previously known only from East Anglia.[3]
Modern-day Blackbird Leys was built mainly in the 1950s and 60s to meet the then pressing need for accommodation. It was part of a plan to re-house people from the dilapidated inner city. This included large-scale clearance of a site near to where the Oxford Ice Rink is currently located (The Oxpens). Many of the families that moved onto the estate originally came from this area. It was also a convenient site for factory workers at Morris Motors Limited plant in nearby Cowley.
Community[link]
Ethnically the population is made up principally of white people and Afro-Caribbeans.
In early September 1991, rioting plagued Blackbird Leys for three nights. Following a crackdown by police on joyriding, some 150 youths stoned police officers. Two women suffered stab wounds and two men suffered other injuries during the riots.[4]
Around this time, Blackbird Leys was infamous for its joy riding. Young men from the estate would steal fast cars and 'display' them (with a variety of high-speed stunts) to an audience gathered outside the estate shops (top shops), eventually gaining worldwide media attention.[citation needed] Politician Andrew Smith stated in 1991 that the extensive national media coverage of confrontations with the police in August and September left many of the wider public with a distorted picture of the problem.[5] Some[who?] say journalists visiting helped encourage some of the action for filming. Various measures were brought in by the local council and police to stop the displays. Police often found it difficult to catch joy riders, whose stolen cars were faster than the police vehicles, though eventually a faster police car was introduced. Chicanes were built around the shops area, and an anti-skid surface applied to the road, making it difficult to execute handbrake turns and other stunts. Greater Leys (the newest parts of the Blackbird Leys estate) was specifically designed to minimise the number of roads entering the estate, making it easier to prevent drivers from escaping.
There have been several fatalities and serious injuries on Blackbird Leys as a result of joyriding. On 14 December 2000, nine-year-old Ross Doyle was killed by joyriders when a stolen Vauxhall Astra veered out of control and mounted the pavement. Nobody has ever being convicted in connection with the crime, in spite of several arrests being made in the year following the tragedy.[6]
23-year-old Jamaican immigrant Moshean Cameron was fatally stabbed on the estate on 30 April 2004; drugs was the suspected motive. A local man was arrested in connection with the murder but six years on it remains unsolved.[7]
On one scale Blackbird Leys is in the 10% most deprived areas in England.[clarification needed][8]
In 2006, residents from the estate took part in The Singing Estate, a Channel Five reality TV show following their progress from amateur singers to classical choir.[9] The Blackbird Leys Choir emerged from the original choir and continues today, just one of the community groups thriving on the estate.
Politics[link]
The area has traditionally been staunchly Labour. The Independent Working Class Association performed strongly in the mid-2000s, holding three of the four council seats on Oxford City Council between 2006 and 2008, and still retaining one. Local MP Andrew Smith has a house on the estate as well as a Town House in Central London which is registered in his wife's name. His wife is one of the City councillors and County Councillors for the area.
Transport[link]
Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach in Oxfordshire provide bus services between Blackbird Leys and central Oxford.
The freight-only railway between Kennington Junction and the BMW Mini factory via Iffley and Littlemore forms the northwestern boundary of Blackbird Leys. It is part of the former Wycombe Railway that British Railways closed to passenger traffic in 1963.
See also[link]
- Littlemore Brook, which flows from Blackbird Leys and through the Oxford Science Park to the south.
References[link]
- ^ a b "2001 Census: Key Figures for 2001 Census: Parish Headcounts, Area: Blackbird Leys CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics, Government site. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798616&c=blackbird+leys&d=16&e=15&g=480303&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
- ^ "2001 Census: Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics, Area: Blackbird Leys (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics, Government site. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5943748&c=blackbird+leys&d=14&e=16&g=480303&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207330331671&enc=1. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "British Archaeology, no 7, September 1995: News". Council for British Archaeology. After main articles — "In brief" section, "Earliest Oxford".. http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba7/ba7news.html. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
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- ^ "House of Commons Daily Debates 1991-12-09 5.38pm". Hansard. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199192/cmhansrd/1991-12-09/Debate-4.html. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
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Coordinates: 51°43′19″N 1°12′40″W / 51.722°N 1.211°W / 51.722; -1.211
Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England, and is one of the largest council estates in Europe[citation needed]. According to the 2001 census, the ward had a population of 5,803. Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish. The parish was created in 1990. Its 2001 parish headcount was 12,196.
There was a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement on the site. Evidence has been found suggesting pits and roundhouses, with remains of pottery and a cylindrical loom weight of a kind previously known only from East Anglia.
Modern-day Blackbird Leys was built mainly in the 1950s and 60s to meet the then pressing need for accommodation. It was part of a plan to re-house people from the dilapidated inner city. This included large-scale clearance of a site near to where the Oxford Ice Rink is currently located (The Oxpens). Many of the families that moved onto the estate originally came from this area. It was also a convenient site for factory workers at Morris Motors Limited plant in nearby Cowley.
