lstevens

🕑 12 min read The first Jewish settlements in the United Kingdom

🕑 7 min read Where can a lady get a dip around here?

🕑 5 min read In 1929, flying pioneer Alan Cobham launched his Municipal Aerodrome Campaign to encourage Town Councils to build local airports. He wrote to Oxford City Council’s Planning Committee but no action was taken at that time. Three years later, in 1932, an Oxford Times editorial argued that the City Council dealt with the question of a municipal aerodrome to serve the City of Oxford.

🕑 7 min read In 18th century Britain, many towns underwent rapid expansion, which resulted in widespread public concern around the appearance of urban surroundings. In Oxford, one such issue was the draining systems and sewage disposal, which before the late 18th century, mainly involved collection from domestic cesspits and drainage via open gutters, often in the middle of the streets.

🕑 12 min read Royalists, Recipes and Real Hardship

🕑 11 min read The Importance of Ale

🕑 12 min read Mass grave of murdered vikings sheds light on King Aethelred’s doomed reign

🕑 4 min read Tracing Oxford’s history in its buildings