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
John Cowley (British Army officer) to colonel on 10 March 1949. In 1953 he became Chief of Staff at Headquarters Eastern Command. He was then appointed Vice Quartermaster-General in 1956, Controller of Munitions at the Ministry of Supply in 1957 and Master-General of the Ordnance in 1960; he retired in 1962. He was also made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Pioneer Corps from 1961 to 1968. In 1941 he married Irene Sybil Millen and together they went on to have one son and three daughters. John Cowley (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Sir John Guise Cowley, (20 August 1905 – 7 January 1993) was a