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History of Oxfordshire
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The list History of Oxfordshire includes
Ploughley Rural District, Megalosaurus, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, Oxford City Police and Bishop of Lincoln.
The list consists of 63 members
and 29 sublists.
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Oxfordshire
County of England
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Ascott, Oxfordshire
hamlet and manor house in Oxfordshire, England, UK
Overview: Ascott is a hamlet and manor house in the civil parish of Stadhampton, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Ascott lies close to the River Thame north-east of Dorc ...
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Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
traditional song
Overview: "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross" is an English language nursery rhyme connected with the English town Banbury in Oxfordshire. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 21143. 0
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Gewisse
Tribe of Anglo-Saxon BritainOverview: The Gewisse (ye-WEES-se; Latin: Geuissæ) were a tribe or ruling clan of the Anglo-Saxons. Their first location, mentioned in early medieval sources was the upper Thames region, around Dorchester on Thames ... 0
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Uffington White Horse
Prehistoric carving in Uffington, England
Overview: The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of Whitehorse Hill in ... 0
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Oxford and Rugby Railway
railway line in the UKOverview: The Oxford and Rugby Railway was promoted by the Great Western Railway as a means of connecting to the West Midlands and the north of England, by joining existing railways at Rugby. It was authorised in ... 0
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Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
Abandoned branch line in Oxfordshire and GloucestershireOverview: The Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was a single track railway branch line, 22 miles (35 km) long, in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. It was opened in succession by two companies, the first in 1861 ... 0
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Oxford Down
sheep breed
Overview: The Oxford Down is a British breed of domestic sheep. It was developed in the 1830s by cross-breeding of Hampshire Down and Southdown ewes with Cotswold rams. It is reared primarily for meat. 0
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Megalosaurus
extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs
Overview: Megalosaurus (meaning "great lizard", from Greek μέγας, megas, meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαῦρος, sauros, meaning 'lizard') is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the ... 0
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Oxford City Police
law enforcement agencyOverview: Oxford City Police was the police force of the City of Oxford, England. It policed the city from 1 January 1869 until 31 March 1968. 0
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Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine
Mine in the United KingdomOverview: The Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine is an extensive abandoned subterranean chalk mine at Emmer Green, north of Reading in Berkshire, located just north of the junction of Peppard Road and Kiln Road (OS ... 0
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History of Banbury
History of Banbury, England
Overview: Banbury is a circa 1,500-year-old market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England. It is 64 miles (103 km) northwest of London, 38 miles (61 km) southeast ... 0
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Tilgarsley
Abandoned village in OxfordshireOverview: Tilgarsley was a village in Oxfordshire. It was recorded as existing in 1279 and was abandoned before 1350 as a result of the Black Death. It is thought to be sited on what is now Bowles Farm, north west ... 0
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Weston Otmoor
Proposed town in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Overview: Weston Otmoor was a proposed new eco-town in the north of Oxfordshire, England, in countryside to the east of the village of Weston-on-the-Green. It would have been next to Junction 9 of the M40 motorway ... 0
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Chain Hill
Hill in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Overview: Chain Hill is the chalk downland hill directly above Wantage and also the name of the road rising from Wantage through the westerly part of the scarp to the Berkshire Downs. It rises steeply south of ... 0
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Brightwell Barrow
Bronze Age round barrow
Overview: Brightwell Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow in the civil parish of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). 0
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Abingdon Rural District
Former rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire, EnglandOverview: Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974. 0
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Goring Rural District
historical rural districtOverview: Goring was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1894 to 1932. 0
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Crowmarsh Rural District
local government area in the UK, abolished 1974
Overview: Crowmarsh was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1894 to 1932. 0
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Ploughley Rural District
Former district in Oxfordshire, England, UK
Overview: Ploughley was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England, from 1932 to 1974. It entirely surrounded Bicester but did not include it. 0
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Wayland's Smithy
Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site in Oxfordshire, England
Overview: Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been constructed about ... 0
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