Oxford

Oxford () is a ceety, an the coonty toun o Oxfordshire, in Sooth East Ingland. The ceety, made prominent bi its medieval university, haes a population o juist unner 165,000, wi 151,000 livin athin the district boondary. The rivers Cherwell an Thames run through Oxford an meet sooth o the ceety centre.  For a distance o some 10 mile (16 km) alang the river, in the vicinity o Oxford, the Thames is kent as The Isis.

Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example o ivery Breetish architectural period since the arrival o the Saxons, includin the iconic, mid-18t century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is kent as the "ceety o dreamin spires", a term coined bi poet Matthew Arnold in reference tae the harmonious architecture o Oxford's university buildings. The University o Oxford is the auldest university in the Inglis-speakin warld..

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Category:Ceeties in Sooth East Ingland
Category:Coonty touns in Ingland
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Category:Local authorities adjoinin the River Thames
Category:Local govrenment in Oxfordshire
Category:Populatit places established in the 8t century
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Category:Varsity touns in the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Non-metropolitan districts o Oxfordshire
Category:Local govrenment districts o Sooth East Ingland