Colleges galore 04 College

Colleges galore

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February 3rd 2007
Geo: 51.6561, -0.962989Today Jen, Holly (her house mate) and I caught the bus to Oxford. Oxford is the other famous university in England. The first colleges were built in the 13th century. The town is full of colleges- beautiful old buildings. There are 39 colleges and 17,000 students. The first thing we did was go to St Marys church and climbed to the top of the 14th century tower. From here we ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more