First Oxford Entry
Greetings from UK.
this is a test entry to see if our restored weblogs are working.
yet why have the Internet if you can't add knowledge value?
So here's some Oxford info: the central town lies between
two rivers, the Cherwell (pronounced here as "Shar-well")
and the Thames, upstream from London. It is said that the
Thames is called the River Isis as it passes through Oxford.
I haven't heard anyone call it that in conversation, but
that is Oxford information on maps and so on.
The Saxons founded this town after the Romans left Britain.
A history book says the Saxons relied on rivers for main transport,
whereas the Romans built roads. The rivers also provided defense
for the Saxons. Old central Oxford had rivers on three sides.
There was said to be a low point across the Thames where oxen
could actually ford the river. The city's coat of arms today depicts
an ox above three wavy blues lines indicating the river ford.
Cheers, as they say here.
JEG
Posted by Jay Gillette at May 1, 2005 03:23 PM