Burlington House
Oxford, Oxfordshire

Nestling in leafy North Oxford, a short bus ride from the bustling city centre, this hotel offers peaceful, luxury bed and breakfast accommodation. The hotel has been consistently awarded the highest accommodation rating and is now 5-stars in the new AA scheme. Burlington House has been recommended by both the Which? Guide to Good Hotels and its sister publication. Without disturbing its period elegance, this large Victorian merchant's house, dating from 1889, has been carefully renovated into a stylish and luxurious bed and breakfast hotel. There is a residents lounge, dining room, on-site car parking and landscaped gardens. Burlington House is famous for its breakfasts, described as 'feast-like' in one Which? Good Hotel Guide review and 'luxurious' in another. Only the freshest and highest quality ingredients are used.

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Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). It is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of the university buildings. The River Thames runs through Oxford, where for a distance of some 10 miles it is known as the Isis. Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as "Oxenaforda". It began with the foundations of St Frideswide's nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. In the 10th century Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by Danes. St Frideswide is the patron saint of both the city and university. Oxford grew up under the shadow of a convent, said to have been founded by St Frideswide as early as the eighth century. Its authentic history begins in 912, when it was occupied by Edward the Elder, King of the West Saxons. It was strongly fortified against the Danes, and again after the Norman Conquest, and the massive keep of the castle, the tower of St. Michael's Church (at the north gate), and a large portion of the city walls still remain to attest the importance of the city in the eleventh century. West of the town rose the splendid castle, and, in the meadows beneath, the no-less-splendid Augustinian Abbey of Osney: in the fields to the north the last of the Norman kings built the stately palace of Beaumont; the great church of St Frideswide was erected by the canons-regular who succeeded the nuns of St Frideswide; and many fine churches were built by the piety of the Norman earls.