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 Cottages at Bow | |
  Bow Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU3494 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Faringdon |
| Postcode district | SN7 |
| Dialling code | 01367 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Stanford in the Vale |
Bow is a hamlet contiguous with Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire, England.
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