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Oxfordshire is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)

From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):

An inland county, chiefly within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the NW and the N, by Warwickshire; on the NE, by Northamptonshire; on the E, by Bucks; on the SE, the S and the SW, by Berks; on the W, by Gloucestershire.

The county town is Oxford; the parliamentary boroughs are Oxford, Banbury and Woodstock; the other towns with each more than 2,000 inhabitants are Chipping-Norton, Bicester, Thame, Henley-on-Thames, and Witney.

Also known as Oxford, Oxon.




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Communities in Oxfordshire include Adderbury, Banbury, Beckley, Bicester, Binsey, Black Bourton, Bladon, Burford, Carterton, Caversham ... View communities

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Parishes
Parishes in Oxfordshire include Adderbury, Adwell, Albury, Alkerton, Alvescot, Ambrosden, Ardley, Arncott, Ascott under Wychwood, Asthall ... View parishes

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