Oxford na iya zama cikakkiyar makoma ga yawon bude ido da ke ziyarta Ingila, kamar yadda wannan 'birin masu neman mafarki' ɗan gajeren jirgin ƙasa ne ko hawa mota daga London. Ya kamata a lura cewa Oxford sananne ne don kasancewar mafi tsufa jami'a a cikin duniya masu jin Turanci.
A yau kusan abu ne mai wuya a yi tunanin Oxford ba tare da yawancin jami'o'in da suka mamaye shimfidar wuri ba, amma farkon karatunsa da al'adunsa ya koma zamanin Saxon ne.
Tarihin Jami'ar Oxford da kuma Jami'ar Cocin ta Santa María de La Virgen da ke hade tsakanin juna tun daga asalin wannan gidan karatun. Baya ga yin bauta a matsayin wurin yin sujada, Santa Maria la Virgen ita ce wurin da aka fara tarurrukan jami'a, ɗakin taro, da kuma laburare.
Kuma yayin da ƙarin malamai da ɗalibai suka shiga makarantar, jami'ar ta fi ƙarfin ginin cocin don haka an gina sabbin gidaje da makarantu a kewayen Santa Maria la Virgen Church. Mafi girman ɓangaren cocin yanzu shine hasumiya, wanda aka gina a 1280, kuma an ƙara hasumiya mai ƙayatarwa tsakanin 1315 da 1325. Af, baƙi waɗanda suke hawa hasumiyar suna samun ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa game da Oxford.
Tarihi ya ba da labarin cewa St Mary of the Virgin Church ita ce wurin gwajin fitattun limaman Furotesta uku da aka sani da Shahidan Oxford - Bishop Hugh Latimer, Bishop Nicholas Ridley, da Akbishop Thomas Cranmer. Wadanda ake zargi da karkatacciyar koyarwa, Latimer da Ridley an kone su a watan Oktoba 1555; Cranmer ya gamu da mutuwa da kansa a cikin Maris 1556. Gicciye a kan hanya kusa da Kwalejin Balliol shine alamar wurin da suka mutu.
Wani bayanin dalla-dalla na tarihi shi ne cewa John Henry Newman ya zama mashahurin Saint Mary Budurwa a 1828 inda wa'azinsa suka kasance na almara. Newman ya shiga cikin kungiyar Oxford Movement, kungiyar da ta yi kokarin mayar da Cocin Anglican zuwa tsarin addinin. Newman ya koma Katolika a 1845 kuma ya zama kadinal a 1879.