Oxford

Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (known locally as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of 166,034 in 2024. It lies 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol.

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Quotes

And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beauty’s heightening.
- Matthew Arnold, "Thyrsis" (1865)

I came to that dark water-wandered town,
Where, before proud stone was piled on stone
To mark the frantic limits of the mind,
Oxen forded the mild, midland river.
- Paul Engle, "Corn" (1939)

External links

Encyclopedic article on Oxford on Wikipedia