If you are looking for professional jewellers in or around Oxfordshire,
F. Hinds could be your choice!
You can visit any one of the following two F. Hinds shops in Oxfordshire:
Our staff are looking forward to seeing you at your next visit to one of our stores.
Something about Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire takes its name from the city of Oxford, the place where there was a ford across the river Thames for oxen.
Oxford is a name known around the world for its university. The city itself was established in Saxon times and it was the sixth largest town in Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Famous for
The Rollright Stones, on the border with Warwickshire, near Little Rollright, date back to around 1500 BC and are thought to have had ceremonial purposes, although tradition will have it that the stones are a king and his warriors who were turned to stone by Mother Shipton, a local witch.
The Botanic Gardens in Oxford were the first botanic gardens in Britain, established in 1621 on the banks of the river Cherwell, close to Magdalen College, to provide plants for students to study.
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is the oldest public museum in England originating in the 'Cabinet of Curiosities' given by Elias Ashmole to the University in 1675. The collection has grown greatly since, and in 2009 a spectacular extension was opened to display more treasures.
Famous people
Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (871-99), born Wantage, 849.
Edward the Confessor, King of England (1042-660, born Islip, c.1005.
Richard I (the Lion-heart), King of England (1189-99), born Oxford, 1157.
King John, King of England (1199-1216), born Oxford, 1167.
Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), heir apparent to Edward III and military commander, born Woodstock, 1330.
Sir Winston Churchill, politician, Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55), born Churchill, 1732.
Sir Alan Hodgkin, physiologist and Nobel Prize winner, born Oxford, 1917.
John Kendrew, molecular biologist and Nobel Prize winner, born Oxford, 1917.