Cowley, Oxfordshire European headquarters of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and the headquarters of international aid charity Oxfam GB. Cowley has a strong sporting tradition. In 1938 Oxford Stadium was built to host the sport of greyhound racing. In 1939 motorcycle speedway moved to Oxford Stadium. After a few years Oxford's speedway team were named Oxford Cheetahs, a name they still bear today. In 2001, Oxford United FC moved from its former ground in Headington to the new Kassam Stadium at Minchery Farm, which is just outside Cowley. Until 2009 on Watlington Road, opposite the Mini factory, stood Johnson's Café, which fed thousands of Morris
Denis Martin Cowley Denis Martin Cowley Denis Martin Cowley QC (30 January 1919 – 28 June 1985), was a British judge and briefly a Liberal Party politician. Cowley was born in Belfast, a son of Sir William Percy Cowley CBE, also a Liberal and a Deemster on the Isle of Man. He was educated at Radley College and Exeter College, Oxford where he received a Master of Arts (Hons Jurisprudence). In 1940 he married Margaret Hazel Teare, of Ramsey, Isle of Man. They had one son and two daughters. Cowley served during the war as a Sergeant and then a Flight Lieutenant in