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Osney Marina
Osney Mill Marina (aka Osney Marina) is a private marina on a branch off the River Thames in Oxford, England. It is located south from the Botley Road down Mill Street, Oxford, Mill Street and close to the site of Osney Abbey and Oxford railway station to the north. The marina is located on a 500m long island created in the Middle Ages to provide water for Osney Mill to the north, now disused. Access to the Thames is at the southern end of the marina. To the northeast is Osney Cemetery. Also to the north is Osney Lock. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osney Marina - Geograph
Osney or Osney Island (; an earlier spelling of the name is ''Oseney'') is a riverside community in the west of the city of Oxford, England. In modern times the name is applied to a community also known as Osney Town astride Botley Road, just west of the city's main Oxford railway station, railway station, on an island surrounded by the River Thames, Osney Ditch and another backwater connecting the Thames to Osney Ditch. Until the early 20th century the name was applied to the larger island of Oxford Castle and New Osney (between Castle Mill Stream and the main stream of the Thames) on which Osney Abbey and Osney Mill were established during the Middle Ages. The place plays a minor but significant role in ''The Miller's Tale'' in Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales''. History The name "Osney" is Old English, and means either "Osa's Island" or "island in the Ouse": Ouzen Ait is a elision, base form and Ouse is an Old English word for a (large) river. Until the early twentieth cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
