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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation.
- 13th Century – St Mary’s Church
- 14th Century – Divinity School
- 1637 – Convocation House
- 1669 – Sheldonian Theatre
- 1683 – Museum of The History of Science
- 1715 – Clarendon Building
- 1749 – Radcliffe Camera
- 1770 – Radcliffe Infirmary
- 1845 – Ashmolean Museum
- 1853 – University Parks
In the early thirteenth the parish church of St Mary the Virgin was used as the University’s first central meeting place and for academic lectures. Later, it also housed the University’s court, treasury and library. Today, it is known as the University Church. It is Grade I listed and open to the public.
Built between 1427 and 1483, the Grade I listed Divinity School is the oldest surviving purpose-built University building and was originally used for lectures, oral exams and discussions on theology. Today, it provides an impressive venue space and is available for public hire.
This lower floor of the 17thcentury addition to the Bodleian Library is Grade I listed and used for meetings of Convocation, whose key function today is to elect the Chancellor of the University. It is also hired out as a venue for wedding ceremonies.
The theatre was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and commissioned by Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. It is the University’s official ceremonial hall, used for graduation ceremonies, Encaenia – at which honorary degrees are awarded – and meetings of Congregation, the University’s supreme governing body. It is Grade I listed and open to th...
Known originally as the Old Ashmolean Building, it is the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, designed to house the collection of Elias Ashmole, one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society. It houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments. It is Grade I listed and open to the public.
This Grade I listed building was originally designed to house Oxford University Press. Today it provides office space for the University’s Vice-Chancellor and senior members of the Bodleian Library.
This monumental circular domed building – one of Oxford’s most impressive pieces of classical architecture – was built with money bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe and originally designed to house a library endowed by him. Today it is Grade I listed and contains two reading rooms. It connects via tunnel to an underground book-store, built in 1912, an...
On 27 January 1941, the first dose of penicillin was given intravenously at the Radcliffe Infirmary. The building was acquired in 2003, was refurbished in 2012, and is now the Radcliffe Humanities building.
Built to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University in 1677, the Ashmolean is the University’s museum of art and archaeology. It contains world famous collections ranging from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and time. It is Grade I listed and open to the public.
Acquired in 1853, the 70 acres of University Parks on the west bank of the river Cherwell have been developed and managed by the University ever since. The Parks provide recreational space for members of the University, Oxford residents and visitors.
In the 8th century the first abbey was built in Oxford: that of St Frideswide. So began a long tradition of religious scholarship in the city – and St Frideswide, whose name means ‘bond of peace’, is still Oxford’s patron saint. Pottery, weaving and tanning were the original trades of early Oxford.
Established. Unknown, teaching existed since 1096 [1] Type. Public. Location. Oxford, England. Website. http://www.ox.ac.uk/. The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. for post-nominals), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
May 5, 2020 · In so far as the medieval University of Oxford had a central building, it was the church of St Mary the Virgin – still called the University Church – in the high street. Ceremonies and disputations (structured debates) were held there and, in the 1320s, a congregation house was built onto it for meetings of the university’s governing body ...
The University of Oxford was established in the 12th-century and would eventually dominate the activity within the town, this also resulted in several town and gown conflicts. [1] The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142 and Oxford Castle was attacked during the Barons War in the early 13th century. [2]
Mar 1, 2016 · The book is a history of the University of Oxford from its beginnings in the late eleventh century until the present. Emphasis is placed on the fact that Oxford’s history has been one of discontinuity as much as continuity by the division of the book into four parts.
