Here we look at black and white photos from the Oxford Mail archive which were taken during the 1960s.
It was a decade when film stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor brought glamour to the city and police uniforms for women changed.
Burton and Taylor visited Oxford on numerous occasions and had such strong links with the city that one of its theatres is named after them
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Elizabeth Taylor died in 2011. She performed on stage and stayed in city and county hotels many times during her life.
She and her husband Richard Burton starred in Oxford University Dramatic Society’s production of Dr Faustus in 1966.
The pair agreed to give their services for free and join undergraduates at the Oxford Playhouse to help raise funds for the society.
Elizabeth Taylor's most celebrated relationship was with Richard Burton.
They met on the set of one of her defining movies, Cleopatra, when he played Mark Antony.
Their romance captivated the world, but ended in divorce in 1974 after 10 years. Mr Burton died in 1984.
The Burton-Taylor Studio, in Beaumont Street, is one of the smallest theatre venues in Oxford and hosts university student productions during each eight-week term.
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Mr Burton received his first standing ovation in Oxford while he was studying at Exeter College.
He often spoke of giving up acting to become a student in the city and was made an honorary fellow of St Peter’s College in 1972 after donating £100,000.
He later donated money towards the Burton Rooms and in the late 1980s it was renamed the Burton Taylor Theatre.
The Oxford Playhouse manages the 50-seat venue on behalf of the university.
Elizabeth Taylor is thought to have visited the Turf Tavern, in Oxford, a number of times and regularly enjoyed stays at the Bear hotel, in Woodstock, with Mr Burton during the 1970s.
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On one occasion in 1963, as our photo shows, the actors called in for a drink at The Bear Inn in Oxford.
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