Oxford & Districts

Name Origin:

Either after Oxford in England, in particular Oxford University, or, more probably, after Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford, who was a member of the Canterbury Association.

Maori name of Oxford: Tawera: lit, burnt or scorched; of the morning star, Venus. Oxford Forest was earlier called Harewood Forest by Captain Thomas, after the Earl of Harewood.

Source: The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names, 2002 via. Waimakariri Place Names and Statistics

• History of Oxford's Local Government
• History of the Oxford-Rangiora-Sheffield Railway Line
• History of Churches in Oxford, Carleton, Cooopers Creek, Cust and Horrelville
• History of the Oxford Library
• History of the Oxford Town Hall