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The '''County of Oxford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] bound by the River [[Thames]] to the South, the [[Chiltern Hills]], stretching across the East, and the [[Cotswolds]] to the West and North. Oxfordshire literally means the 'district' (or '[[shire]]') of and around the town of [[Oxford]] and was established over a thousand years ago, in Saxon times. | The '''County of Oxford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] bound by the River [[Thames]] to the South, the [[Chiltern Hills]], stretching across the East, and the [[Cotswolds]] to the West and North. Oxfordshire literally means the 'district' (or '[[shire]]') of and around the town of [[Oxford]] and was established over a thousand years ago, in Saxon times. | ||
== | ==Geography== | ||
===Market & district towns=== | |||
Ranked by size: [[Banbury]], [[Witney]], [[Carterton]], [[Bicester]], [[Thame]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Chipping Norton]], [[Charlbury]], [[Woodstock]], [[Watlington]], [[Deddington]], [[Burford]]. | |||
Rivers | ===Rivers=== | ||
[[Thames]]/Isis, Thame, Cherwell, Windrush, Evenlode, Glyme. | |||
Prominent | ===Prominent natural features=== | ||
[[Chiltern Hills]], [[Cotswolds|Cotswold Hills]], Ot Moor. | |||
Main | ==Main industries== | ||
Education, Farming, Tourism, Automotives, Distribution, Light Manufacturing. | |||
== | ==Outside links== | ||
[http://oxfordshire-association.org.uk/ The Oxfordshire Association] - the Oxfordshire Branch of the Association of British Counties | *[http://oxfordshire-association.org.uk/ The Oxfordshire Association] - the Oxfordshire Branch of the Association of British Counties | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
{{British county}} | {{British county}} | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 8 October 2010
| Oxfordshire United Kingdom | |
 Redcliff Camera, Oxford | |
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| Sapere Aude (Dare to be wise) | |
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| Area: | 756 square miles |
| Population: | 512,345 |
| County town: | Oxford |
| County flower: | Fritillary [1] |
The County of Oxford is a shire bound by the River Thames to the South, the Chiltern Hills, stretching across the East, and the Cotswolds to the West and North. Oxfordshire literally means the 'district' (or 'shire') of and around the town of Oxford and was established over a thousand years ago, in Saxon times.
Geography
Market & district towns
Ranked by size: Banbury, Witney, Carterton, Bicester, Thame, Henley-on-Thames, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, Woodstock, Watlington, Deddington, Burford.
Rivers
Thames/Isis, Thame, Cherwell, Windrush, Evenlode, Glyme.
Prominent natural features
Chiltern Hills, Cotswold Hills, Ot Moor.
Main industries
Education, Farming, Tourism, Automotives, Distribution, Light Manufacturing.
Outside links
- The Oxfordshire Association - the Oxfordshire Branch of the Association of British Counties
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