Oxfordshire

Chipping Norton

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Chipping Norton is a small English town in the county of Oxfordshire and one of the most attractive towns in the Cotswolds region.
“Chipping” means ‘market’, revealing the town’s past importance as the main commercial centre for the Evenlode valley. The surrounding Cotswolds were one of the wealthiest parts of England in the Middle Ages, owing […]

Bicester

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Bicester is a market town located in the north-east of the English county of Oxfordshire, some miles north of the university town of Oxford. It has become a popular destination on account of its being the location of Bicester Village, a large factory / designer outlet shopping village
Bicester has a traceable history of over a […]

Abingdon

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Abingdon was the county town of Berkshire until 1870, and became part of Oxfordshire when local government was re-organised in 1974. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It was the home of MG motor cars which used to be built at the MG Works, which is […]

Oxfordshire

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Oxfordshire is a large county in South East England, on the southern fringes of the West Midlands, bordered by Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. Straddling the upper reaches of the Thames River valley west of the Chilterns, Oxfordshire is home to the ancient university city of Oxford and vast areas of archetypal English […]

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