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The River Ray.
New River Ray at Oddington
The Ray at Otmoor

The River Ray is a river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. It rises at Quainton Hill and flows west through a flat countryside for around 15 miles. It passes the village of Ambrosden and then flows through Otmoor. It joins the River Cherwell near Islip.

In 1815 a new channel was cut between Charlton-on-Otmoor and Oddington, known as the New River Ray, to divert much of the water flow around the northern and western edge of Otmoor.[1]

References

  1. Mary D. Lobel (editor) (1957). "Parishes: Beckley". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon hundred. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101881. Retrieved 15 July 2011.