1 Hour Tour Dates Flashcards

1
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Morris Motors was established in

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1910

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2
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Oxford was first settled in Saxon times

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900

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3
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Oxford was heavily damaged during the Norman Invasion of

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1066

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4
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King Charles stayed at Christ Church College.

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1642-1646

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5
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No known date of foundation, evidence of teaching as far back as

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1096

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6
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Oxford’s earliest colleges: University College

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1249

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7
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Oxford’s earliest colleges: Balliol

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1263

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8
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Oxford’s earliest colleges: Merton

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1264

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9
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Women admitted in

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1878

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10
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Women awarded degrees

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1920

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11
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Town V Gown riots

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1209

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12
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Ducker arrived in

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1898

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13
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Bear Inn dates back to

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1242

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14
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The Dean of Worcester, records the proprietor of The Bear had a bear named Furze in

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1583

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15
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Bear Inn tie collection started

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1952

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16
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Christchurch founded

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1542

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17
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Charles I executed

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1649

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18
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Tom Tower built

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1681-2

19
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St. Paul’s Cathedral finished

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1710

20
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St Martin’s Church is

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13th Century

21
Q

St Scholastica

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1355

22
Q

Penance continued for

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470 years, 1825

23
Q

Camera built

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1737-49

24
Q

John Radcliffe died

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1714

25
Q

Bronze door knocker above high table dates from

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11th Century

26
Q

Brazen nose stolen

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1334

27
Q

Brazen nose reacquired in

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1890

28
Q

Schools Quadrangle built

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1613-1619

29
Q

The Tower of the Five Orders

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Tuscan, Doric, Ionic Corinthian and Composite

30
Q

Duke Humfrey’s reading room completed

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1488

31
Q

Divinity school built between

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1427-83

32
Q

Bodley’s agreement with the Stationer’s Company

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1610

33
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Sheldonian Theatre built

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1667

34
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200 year - stone heads commissioned

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1669

35
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Clarendon building built

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1711-5

36
Q

Replacements taken down

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1970

37
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Blackwell founded

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1879

38
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Trinity opened

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1555

39
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Trinity Co-ed

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1979

40
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Richard Burton

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1840

41
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Blenheim built

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1705-22

42
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Battle of Blenheim

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1704

43
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Blenheim opened to the public

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1950