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Cowley and East Oxford Past and Present (Paperback)
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Cowley and East Oxford Past and Present (Paperback)
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List price R397
Loot Price R373
Discovery Miles 3 730
You Save R24 (6%)
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Across Magdalen Bridge and away from the architectural delights of
the University City, there exist other areas of Oxford, less
picturesque perhaps but each with a fascinating history of its own.
St. Clement's developed as a mediaeval suburb which grew suddenly
in the early 1800s and became part of Oxford City in 1836. East
Oxford, now an extraordinarily cosmopolitan area of the city, was
mostly built across open countryside in Victorian times. Cowley,
still a quite separate village at the end of the First World War,
became a large industrial and residential suburb of Oxford within a
decade thanks to William Morris and his burgeoning motor industry.
Blackbird Leys was farmland until the 1950s when it became the site
for a large housing estate. The development of these contrasting
areas is explored through this fine collection of over 230
photographs which compares views dating from the 1820s to the 1970s
with their present-day equivalents. Well-known Oxford local
historian Malcolm Graham has selected the historic images and his
informative captions give a real context to the old and new views.
The modern photographs, some revealing massive change, others a
surprising degree of continuity, are the work of Laurence Waters, a
professional photographer and keen railway historian. Their
combined efforts have created a book which will appeal to everyone
with an interest in Oxford Town rather than Gown.
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