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| + | The present building was constructed in the late 1930s as an ‘improved public house’, part of a move by breweries in the interwar years to signal the higher status of pubgoing as a social activity.<ref name="cityHeritage">https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1549/the_city_arms_cowley_road</ref> | ||
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| + | It is now known as the City Arms and is part of a pub chain. | ||
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| + | A public House called the University and City Arms was recorded at this location in Kelly’s Directory of 1876 and is shown on the Ordance Survey map of 1878.<ref name="cityHeritage"/> | ||
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Revision as of 23:08, 19 March 2017
This is the page for 288 Cowley Road.
February 2017: The City Arms pub basks in morning sunlight, showing off the splendid brickwork.
1930s-present
The present building was constructed in the late 1930s as an ‘improved public house’, part of a move by breweries in the interwar years to signal the higher status of pubgoing as a social activity.[1]
It is now known as the City Arms and is part of a pub chain.
1870s-1930s
A public House called the University and City Arms was recorded at this location in Kelly’s Directory of 1876 and is shown on the Ordance Survey map of 1878.[1]
Before then?
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