Place:Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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NameOxford
Alt namesOxenafordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 355
Oxenefordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 355
Oxnafordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 355
Oxoniasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 701
TypeCity, Borough (county)
Coordinates51.767°N 1.25°W
Located inOxfordshire, England     (500 - )
See alsoCity of Oxford District, Oxfordshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
Contained Places
Castle
Beaumont Palace
Cemetery
Christ Church Cathedral
Hollywell Cemetery ( 1847 - 1855 )
Oseney Abbey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Oxford is a cathedral and university city in southern England and is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. A mid-2014 estimate of its population was almost 160,000.

The city is most known as the home of Oxford University, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. But its economic base is much broader. Its industries also include motor manufacturing, publishing, and a large number of information technology and science-based businesses, some being academic offshoots.

Governance

Up until 1835 Oxford was considered an "ancient borough" and, once its cathedral was established, a city. The ancient borough was made up of a number of ecclesiastical parishes which in time also served the functions of civil parishes. In 1835 in England boroughs became recognized as municipal boroughs and county boroughs. No date has been found for Oxford's elevation to county borough status, but the lastest possible year would have been 1894. In 1926 Oxford was finally established as a civil parish, bringing many of the individual civil parishes within the single boundary.

A number of other parishes were absorbed into the civil parish of Oxford St. Giles and St. John which was also created in 1926 within the County Borough of Oxford. St. Giles and St. John covered many villages that had become suburbs of Oxford. St. Giles and St. John only lasted until 1933 when it too was absorbed into Oxford.

In 1974, in a nationwide reorganization of local government, the County Borough of Oxford became the non-metropolitan City of Oxford District.

The ancient borough contained the following parishes:

ParishDescriptionDuration
Binsey parish (ancient), civil parish
Holywell parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford All Saints parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Aldate parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Andrew parish (ancient)
Oxford St. Benedict parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. Budoc parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. Clement parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Ebbe parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Edward parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. George parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. Giles parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. John the Baptist parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Martin parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Mary Magdalen parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Mary the Virginparish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Michael parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Michael South Gate parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. Mildred parish (ancient) abolished early
Oxford St. Peter in the Eastparish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Peter le Baileyparish (ancient), civil parish
Oxford St. Thomas parish (ancient), civil parish
Wolvercote chapelry, civil parish


History

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Oxford.

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