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31: 47: 379: 353:, who had taken no part in the violence, saw police mishandling his college servant. Smith went to rescue his servant but was arrested. He became the first prisoner in one of the cells of the new police station in the new Town Hall. Smith was charged with obstructing police officers in the execution of their duty, but at his trial the young lawyer was found not guilty. 54: 403:
By 1967 the city council had outgrown the office space in the town hall and moved its main offices to St Aldate's Chambers at 113 St Aldate's, a 1930s building opposite the town hall, but continued to use the town hall for meetings. In 2022 the council moved its offices back into the town hall.
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force. The Metropolitan officers were unused to Oxford undergraduates, and considered the boisterous crowd a danger. The officers attacked the crowd with batons, causing several serious injuries. The crowd reciprocated, unhorsing one officer and trampling him. A young law
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force was able to move there from its former station in Kemp Hall by the turn of the century. The City Council was accused of greatly exceeding the budget it set for the building project. In 1905
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Oxford's guildhall was created by substantially repairing or rebuilding a house on the current site in about 1292. It was replaced by a new building, designed by
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moved to a new police station further down St Aldate's in 1936 and the central public library moved to new facilities at
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The police station was at the rear in Blue Boar Street. It was completed later than the rest of the building, but the
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published a leaflet in which he stated that the building was meant to cost £47,000 but ended up costing £100,000.
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Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C J; Hassall, T G; Jessup, Mary; Selwyn, Nesta (1979).
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design. The 1752 building was demolished in 1893. Hare's new building included new premises for Oxford's
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undergraduates were expected to mount a large demonstration for the opening, so a detachment of the
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and a venue for public meetings, entertainment and other events. It also includes the
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In the First World War the building was converted into the Town Hall section of the
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was held for a new building on the same site. The local architect
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A 3D map of Oxford Town Hall, as part of an exhibit within the
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opened the new building in May 1897, about a month before the
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Works of art in the town hall include a portraits of
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Town hall, museum, former library and police station
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Oxford Town Hall is located in Oxford city centre
Jacobethan
Listed Building
1047153
St Aldate's, Oxford
Coordinates
51°45′06″N 1°15′25″W / 51.7516°N 1.2569°W / 51.7516; -1.2569
Oxford City Council
Henry Hare
Oxford Town Hall
St Aldate's
Oxford
Oxford City Council
Museum of Oxford
charter
Town Hall
Grade II* listed
Isaac Ware
Italianate style
architectural design competition
Henry Hare
Jacobethan
Crown
County Courts
The Prince of Wales
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
University of Oxford
Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch
Oxford City Police

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