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Oct 1, 2007 · The farmland belonging to Blackbird Leys Farm had been owned by the City of Oxford since 1895, and was brought within the City boundary in April 1991. An area of 260 acres was set aside for the ...
Nov 28, 2017 · Exploring Participation in Real-World Settings. The author Peter Snow once suggested that ‘in Oxford terms at least, “the Leys” is the pits’ (Snow 1991: 179). A long-time Oxford resident, his acidic wit and keen eye for detail make him required reading for anyone interested in the social history of the city.
- Rod Dacombe
- 2018
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Blackbird Leys. Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward (whose boundaries may change occasionally so as to ensure minimal malapportionment) stood at 6,077. [ 2 ] Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish, which was created in 1990.
Oxford’s circle had only extended to the outskirts of its center in 1929 where it finally brought Cowley and Iffley into the city boundaries and only in 1991 was Blackbird Leys farm included. A key feature of Oxford’s perimeter is the ring road that was opened in 1959, and completed in 1966 at the section, ‘Eastern Bypass’ from Littlemore to Heyford Hill.
Building standards and practice. After the Second World War there was a shortage of skilled labour and materials and this led to industrialised building methods being introduced. At Blackbird Leys, for example, some of the houses were built on site of non traditional materials, in this case concrete not bricks. However these 'Easiform' houses ...
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The green light has been given for 30 affordable homes on a local authority's brownfield sites. Oxford City Council plans to build the homes on land it owns in Barton, Wood Farm and Blackbird Leys ...
