1 Hour Tour Dates Flashcards
Morris Motors was established in
1910
Oxford was first settled in Saxon times
900
Oxford was heavily damaged during the Norman Invasion of
1066
King Charles stayed at Christ Church College.
1642-1646
No known date of foundation, evidence of teaching as far back as
1096
Oxford’s earliest colleges: University College
1249
Oxford’s earliest colleges: Balliol
1263
Oxford’s earliest colleges: Merton
1264
Women admitted in
1878
Women awarded degrees
1920
Town V Gown riots
1209
Ducker arrived in
1898
Bear Inn dates back to
1242
The Dean of Worcester, records the proprietor of The Bear had a bear named Furze in
1583
Bear Inn tie collection started
1952
Christchurch founded
1542
Charles I executed
1649
Tom Tower built
1681-2
St. Paul’s Cathedral finished
1710
St Martin’s Church is
13th Century
St Scholastica
1355
Penance continued for
470 years, 1825
Camera built
1737-49
John Radcliffe died
1714
Bronze door knocker above high table dates from
11th Century
Brazen nose stolen
1334
Brazen nose reacquired in
1890
Schools Quadrangle built
1613-1619
The Tower of the Five Orders
Tuscan, Doric, Ionic Corinthian and Composite
Duke Humfrey’s reading room completed
1488
Divinity school built between
1427-83
Bodley’s agreement with the Stationer’s Company
1610
Sheldonian Theatre built
1667
200 year - stone heads commissioned
1669
Clarendon building built
1711-5
Replacements taken down
1970
Blackwell founded
1879
Trinity opened
1555
Trinity Co-ed
1979
Richard Burton
1840
Blenheim built
1705-22
Battle of Blenheim
1704
Blenheim opened to the public
1950