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Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire (pronounced /ˈɒksfərdʃər/ or /ˈɒksfərdʃɪər/; abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire.
It is divided into five local government...
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Oxford
Oxford (pronounced /ˈɒksfɚd/ ( listen)) is a city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run...
Area:
- 45.59 km² (17.6 mi² )
Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, 374 feet (110 m) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure occurs on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of...
Iffley
Iffley is a village in Oxfordshire, England, within the boundaries of the city of Oxford, located between the estates of Rose Hill, Cowley, and Donnington, and in proximity to the River Thames (Isis). Its most notable feature is its original and...
Garsington
Garsington is a village in Oxfordshire about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Oxford.
The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary is the Norman tower, built towards the end of the 12th century. The Gothic Revival architect...
Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale is a village in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
Stanford is on the A417 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Wantage. It has two churches, one primary school, two pubs,...
Harwell
Harwell is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire. It lies near The Ridgeway long-distance footpath, halfway between Abingdon, Oxfordshire and Newbury, Berkshire and two miles from Didcot. Harwell has a population of...
Cherwell
Cherwell (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrwəl/) is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England. The district takes its name from the River Cherwell, which drains south through the region to flow into the River Thames at Oxford.
Towns in Cherwell...
Towersey
Towersey is a village about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Thame in Oxfordshire. The village was part of Buckinghamshire for most of its history, but the boundary was moved in 1933 when Towersey was swapped for Kingsey.
The toponym is Old English in...
Marston
Marston is a village about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford, England. It is sometimes called "Old Marston" to differentiate it from the Oxford suburb of New Marston. The A40 Northern Bypass which is part of the Oxford Ring Road...
Vale of White Horse
The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. The main town is Abingdon, other places include Faringdon and Wantage. There are 68 parishes within the district.
It is a geographically distinct region, lying between...
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs...
Area:
- 678.53 km² (261.98 mi² )
West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire is a local government district in north west Oxfordshire, England including towns such as Woodstock, Burford, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, and Witney (where the council is based).
The area is mainly rural downland and forest, the...
Radley
Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
The Church of England parish...
Spelsbury
Spelsbury (pronounced /ˈspɛlzb(ə)ri/, locally [ˈspɛw-]) is a village and civil parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charlbury and about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Spelsbury stands on a narrow hill between the...
Taston
Taston is a hamlet in Spelsbury civil parish, about 1.75 miles (2.82 km) north of Charlbury and 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Its toponym derives from Thorstan meaning "Thorstone", claimed to be a thunderbolt of the god...
Kidlington
Kidlington is a large village and civil parish between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Oxford and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southwest of Bicester.
Kidlington was originally called Cudelinga tun, derived from the tun ...
Elsfield
Elsfield is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford.
The chancel arch of the Church of England parish church dates from at least the latter part of the 12th century. The church formerly had a north aisle...
Dragon Hill, Uffington
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
Dragon Hill is a natural chalk...
Chadlington
Chadlington is a village in the Evenlode Valley about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It comprises five "ends" - almost individual hamlets in their own right - called Green End, Brook End, West End, Mill End, and...
Eynsham
Eynsham (pronounced /ˈɛnʃəm/) is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Witney in Oxfordshire, England.
Eynsham grew up near the historically important ford of Swinford on the River Thames flood plain.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
Dorchester
Dorchester-on-Thames is a village on the River Thame in Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. Dorchester is just above the Thame's confluence with the River Thames....
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a twin-village and civil parish in the Upper Thames Valley, in South Oxfordshire. It lies between Didcot to the west and the historic market town of Wallingford to the east. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to the...
Kelmscott
Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.
The nave of the Church of England parish church of Saint George was built in about 1190 in the...
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay is a village and civil parish, between Didcot and Abingdon, currently in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
In the past, agriculture, a local paper mill and domestic service were the main...
Goring-On-Thames
Goring-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire.
Goring is on the north bank of the River Thames, in the Goring Gap which separates the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills.
The village is about 8 miles (13...
Combe
Combe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. The ecclesiastical parish is called Combe Longa .
The Church of England parish church of St. Laurence was built in the 12th century. Its interior includes...
Upper Heyford
Upper Heyford is a village and civil parish about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
Upper Heyford is on the east bank of the River Cherwell. "Upper" distinguishes it from Lower Heyford which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) ...
Adderbury
Adderbury is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Banbury and 9 miles (14 km) from Junction 10 of the M40 motorway. The village is divided in two by the Sor Brook. The village consists of...
Shrivenham
Shrivenham is a large village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, close to the boundary with Wiltshire. It is located at grid reference SU238888 in the Vale of White Horse, between Swindon and Faringdon. In 1974 it was transferred from...
Blewbury
Blewbury is a civil parish and village, about four and a half miles south of Didcot, in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. The 2001 census recorded the population of the parish as 1...
Grove
Grove is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire, which is best-known as the home of the Williams F1 Formula One constructor. It is now the largest village in the Vale of White Horse. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire...
Whitchurch Bridge
Whitchurch Bridge is a toll road bridge over the River Thames in England. It carries the road between the villages of Pangbourne, Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and crosses the river on the reach above Mapledurham Lock, just...
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the Oxfordshire bank of the River Thames, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Reading, Berkshire. Opposite Whitchurch on the Berkshire bank is the village of Pangbourne.
The Church of England...
Goring and Streatley Bridge
Goring and Streatley Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England. The bridge links the twin villages of Goring-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, and Streatley, Berkshire, and is adjacent to Goring Lock.
The present bridge was built in 1923, and...
Stonesfield
Stonesfield is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Witney in Oxfordshire.
The village is on the hill of an escarpment. The land to the north and east of the village is a gently rising plain which descends into the Glyme valley...
Sonning Bridge
Sonning Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames at Sonning, Berkshire. It links Sonning with Sonning Eye (Oxfordshire) and crosses the Thames on the reach above Shiplake Lock, just short of Sonning Lock. It is a brick arch bridge completed...
Botley
Botley is a village in the civil parish of North Hinksey, just west of the Oxford city boundary in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. It lies near the junction between the A34 Oxford ring road and the A420...
Bloxham
Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire on the edge of the Cotswolds, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Banbury.
Under Roman rule between the 1st century and 5th century there were several farms and a burial site in the Bloxham...
Culham
Culham is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Thames, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
The toponym comes from the Old English Cula's hamm, referring to the village's position in a bend of the Thames....
North Hinksey
North Hinksey is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire, just west of the city boundary of Oxford. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
It has a manor house, a public house ('The Fishes'), a local Church of...
Wolvercote
Wolvercote (Oxfordshire, England) is a village that is now part of the City of Oxford, England, though still retaining its own identity. It is about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford, on the northern edge of Wolvercote Common, which...
Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake
The Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake is a rowing lake in the United Kingdom, named after the Olympic rowers Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent. The lake and its boathouse are specifically designed for training use, and will provide training,...
Uffington
Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Swindon. Uffington is most commonly known as the location of the Uffington White Horse hill figure. It was transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974.
The...
Hook Norton
Hook Norton is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Chipping Norton.
The toponym is believed to come from a ruler called Hook, whilst Norton is a corruption of ora-tun meaning a...
Steeple Aston
Steeple Aston is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Cherwell Valley in Oxfordshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Bicester.
The earliest evidence of occupation in the area is an Iron Age burial site in the west of the parish....
Kingham
Kingham is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew has a 15th century west tower. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1852...
Roke
Roke is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Wallingford. It has a public house, the Home Sweet Home.
Shiplake
Shiplake is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thames.
The Church of England parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul dates from at least the 13th century, but in 1869 the...
Nettlebed
Nettlebed is a village in England in the Chiltern Hills about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wallingford.
Archaeological finds show that the area around Nettlebed has been inhabited...
Shutford
Shutford is a village and civil parish about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Banbury in Oxfordshire.
The Church of England Parish Church of Saint Martin dates from the 12th century, when it was built in the Transitional style between the Norman and Early...
Littlemore
Littlemore is a district of Oxford, England. It has a parish council that also represents parts of Rose Hill. It is located approximately 2.5 miles south-east of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and Sandford-on...
Wytham
Wytham (pronounced /ˈwaɪtəm/) is a small village in central Oxfordshire on the south bank of the Seacourt Stream, a branch of the River Thames, three miles west from Oxford. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
The name is first recorded as...
Sonning Eye
Sonning Eye is a hamlet on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden, at the very southernmost tip of Oxfordshire. Until 1866 it formed part of the Oxfordshire section of Sonning civil parish. It is about 3 miles...
Cholsey
Cholsey is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) south of Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to the county of Oxfordshire, and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire.
The...
Ambrosden
Ambrosden is a village and civil parish on the north side of the valley of the River Ray in Oxfordshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Bicester.
Place name scholars suggest that Ambrosden is named after Ambrosius Aurelianus, a leader of the...
Islip
Islip (pronounced /ˈaɪslɪp/) is a village and civil parish on the River Ray, just above its confluence with the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Kidlington and about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Oxford.
The...
Waterstock
Waterstock is village and civil parish about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Thame in Oxfordshire.
Waterstock seems to have had a parish church since at least 1190. The current Church of England parish church of Saint Leonard was built at the end of the...
Swalcliffe
Swalcliffe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
North of the village are the site of an Iron Age hill fort, the site of a Roman villa at Swalcliffe Lea, and course of a former Roman Road (now a bridleway...
Radcot Bridge
Radcot Bridge is a crossing of the River Thames in England, south of Radcot, Oxfordshire and not far north of Faringdon, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). It carries the A4095 road across the river on the reach above Radcot Lock. Adjoining the...
Farmoor Reservoir
Farmoor Reservoir is a reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 8 km west of the city of Oxford. It is close to the left bank of the River Thames. Like most of the reservoirs in the Thames Valley, it was not formed by damming a valley. In...
