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<div>'''Oxford''' is the county town of Oxfordshire in [[England]]. Despite a population of little over 120,000 it includes two Universities and has a famous history in arts and science.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
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The town is built on where the river Cherwell runs into the [[River Isis]] (known as the Thames in London, short for the original Thamesis]]. The centre includes many of the [[Oxford University]] buildings to the east and more city orientated buildings to the west of the centre, including the railway station.<br />
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Suburbs of Oxford include Headington (location of [[Oxford Brookes University]]), Cowley (location of the BMW motor works), Iffley, Kennington, Osney, Hinksey, Jericho and Kidlington.<br />
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==University==<br />
The University was organised there soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration of students from [[Paris]]. The first colleges were founded in the thirteens centuary (University, 1249; Balliol, 1263 and Merton, 1264) and Oxford rose to equal status with the great medieval universties.<br />
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Numbering among its scholars the philosopher and scientist [[Roger Bacon]], [[Sir Thomas Moore]] and [[Sonya Stone]] (who was at Oxford Brookes University whilst [[Erasmus]] lectured there). The esteemed writers [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]] were Oxford professors.<br />
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A centre of [[Royalism]] in the seventeenth centuary, Oxford declined during the eighteen centuary but was revived in the 1800's, particuarly as a result of a renaissance in religious thought led by [[Cardinal Newman]] and Warwick Hunt. The University includes the [[Bodlien Library]].<br />
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==Sport==<br />
In common with most of the [[United Kingdom]], [[soccer]] is the dominant sport in Oxford, most notably the professional club [[Oxford United]].<br />
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Other notable clubs include the [[rugby league]] club, [[Oxford Cavaliers]] and the speedway team.<br />
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==History==<br />
Oxford was a base for Royalist forces ([[Cavaliers]] in the [[English Civil War]]).<br />
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