Holywell | |
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Location within Oxfordshire | |
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District | |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Oxford |
Postcode district | OX1 |
Dialling code | 01865 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Holywell is a former civil parish in Oxford, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The toponym is derived from the well of Saint Winifred and Saint Margaret. [1] In 1921 the parish had a population of 846. [2] On 1 April 1926 the parish was abolished to form Oxford. [3]
West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland.
Shotover is a hill and forest in the civil parish of Forest Hill with Shotover, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The hill is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Oxford. Its highest point is 557 feet (170 m) above sea level.
Cutteslowe is a suburb in the north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England, between Sunnymead and Water Eaton.
Barford St. John is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael, in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the north bank of the River Swere, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Banbury. In the Middle Ages it was sometimes called Little Barford or North Barford to distinguish it from the larger village of Barford St. Michael on the opposite bank of the Swere. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53.
Cuddesdon is a mainly rural village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cuddesdon and Denton, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. centred 5.5 miles (9 km) ESE of Oxford. It has the largest Church of England clergy training centre, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Residents number approximately 430 in Cuddesdon's nucleated village centre and about 70 in the hamlets of Denton and Chippinghurst.
South Weston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lewknor, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Thame. There are about 19 households in South Weston. In 1951 the parish had a population of 61. On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Lewknor.
Shipton-on-Cherwell is a village in the civil parish of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp, in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the River Cherwell about 2 miles (3 km) north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England.
Newnham Murren is a hamlet in the civil parish of Crowmarsh, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about 0.5 miles (800 m) east of the market town of Wallingford. Newnham Murren is now contiguous with the village of Crowmarsh Gifford. It has a church called St Mary's Church.
Emmington is a village in the civil parish of Chinnor, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4.5 miles (7 km) southeast of Thame. In 1931 the parish had a population of 41. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Chinnor.
Gosford is a village immediately southeast of Kidlington, in the Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Gosford and Water Eaton. The 2011 Census recorded Gosford and Water Eaton's parish population as 1,373.
Albury is a village in the civil parish of Tiddington-with-Albury, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Thame.
Denton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cuddesdon and Denton, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England. Denton's toponym is derived from the Old English den-tun meaning "valley farmstead". Denton is in a fold of the landscape, between the two hills on which Cuddesdon and Garsington stand. Denton is an ancient manor and had its own civil parish, but it was merged with neighbouring Cuddesdon in the 20th century.
Claydon is a village and former civil parish, now in Claydon with Clattercot, in the Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England. The village is about 6 miles (10 km) north of Banbury and about 417 feet (127 m) above sea level on a hill of Early Jurassic Middle Lias clay.
Shifford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the north bank of the River Thames about 6 miles (10 km) south of Witney.
Filkins is a village in the civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Carterton.
Clattercote or Clattercot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Claydon with Clattercot, in the Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England, just over 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Banbury.
Shelswell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton Purcell with Shelswell, in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Brackley in neighbouring Northamptonshire.
Hardwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The village is on the A415 road about 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Witney. It lies on the river Windrush. Hardwick was historically a hamlet or chapelry in the ancient parish of Ducklington. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. On 1 April 1932 the parish was merged with the parish of Yelford and large parts of the parishes of Ducklington and Standlake to form the civil parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, part also went to Standlake. In 1931 the parish had a population of 97.
Nether Worton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Worton, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) south of Banbury and 7 miles (11 km) east of Chipping Norton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 42. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Over Worton to form "Worton".
Ascott is a hamlet and manor house in the civil parish of Stadhampton, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Ascott lies close to the River Thame north of Dorchester, around about 7 miles to the southeast of Oxford.