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Estimated Population: 143,016

Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as “Oxanforda”. It began with the foundations of St Frideswide’s nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. In the 10th century Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by Danes.

The University of Oxford is first mentioned in 12th century records. Oxford’s earliest colleges were University College, Balliol and Merton.

The relationship between “town and gown” has often been uneasy—several university students were killed in the St Scholastica Day Riot of 1355.

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