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The oldest public museum in England, the Ashmolean ... Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Oxford’s 1,000-year-old castle and former prison have both been redeveloped, with part of the old prison ...
Seven-year-old Julie-Ann Crumpling (pictured) was jailed at Oxford Castle for allegedly stealing a pram. Her mugshot - and those of other inmates at the jail - have now been made available by the ...
the South East England Development Agency (Seeda), and the Oxford Preservation Trust to transform the site, which was opened by the Queen in May 2006. Opening times: Oxford Castle is open every ...
Among the inmates at Oxford Castle, a former prison but now a museum, was a seven-year-old girl who was given seven days hard labour for stealing a pram in 1870.
one of its sculptors said A wicker sculpture of Medusa's head has been craned into position on top of the castle mound in Oxford. The complete 42ft (12.8m) statue was made from a design by Thomas ...