This is a list of settlements in both the non-metropolitan shire and ceremonial county of Oxfordshire , England.
Places marked ¹ were in the administrative county of Berkshire before the boundary changes of 1974. They are within the historic county boundaries of Berkshire. See also the list of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974.
Abingdon ¹, Adderbury , Adwell, Albury, Alchester , Alkerton , Alvescot, Ambrosden , Appleford-on-Thames ¹, Appleton ¹, Appleton-with-Eaton, Ardington, Ardington Wick, Ardley , Arncott , Ascott d'Oyley, Ascott Earl Ascott-under-Wychwood , Ashbury, Asthall, Aston , Aston Rowant, Aston Tirrold ¹, Aston Upthorpe
Bainton , Baldon Row, Balscote, Bampton , Banbury , Barford St. John, Barford St. Michael, Barnard Gate, Barton , Baulking, Bayworth ¹, Beckley, Begbroke, Benson , Berinsfield, Berrick Salome , Besselsleigh , Binsey , Bicester , Binfield Heath , Binsey, Bix and Assendon, Bix, Black Bourton, Blackthorn, Blackbird Leys , Bladon , Bletchingdon , Blewbury, Bloxham , Boars Hill ¹, Bodicote, Botley ¹, Bould, Bourton, Bow, Bretch Hill , Brighthampton, Brightwell Baldwin , Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ¹, Britwell Salome , Brize Norton , Broadwell , Brookhampton, Broughton , Broughton Poggs, Bruern, Buckland, Bucknell , Burcot , Burdrop, Burford
Caldecott ¹, Calthorpe , Cane End , Carterton , Cassington, Caversfield, Chadlington , Chalgrove, Chalkhouse Green , Charlbury , Charlton-on-Otmoor, Charney Bassett, Chastleton, Chazey Heath , Childrey ¹, Chilswell ¹, Chilson, Chilton, Chimney , Chinnor, Chipping Norton , Chislehampton , Cholsey ¹, Christmas Common , Churchill , Church Hanborough, Clanfield, Clattercote, Claydon, Clifton, Clifton Hampden, Cogges, Cold Harbour , Coleshill, Combe , Compton Beauchamp, Cornwell , Coscote, Cote , Cothill ¹, Cottisford, Cowley , Crawley, Crays Pond , Cropredy , Crowmarsh Gifford , Crowsley , Cuddesdon , Culham , Cutteslowe , Cumnor ¹, Cumnor Hill ¹, Curbridge, Cuxham
Dean, Dean Court ¹, Deddington , Denchworth, Denton, Didcot ¹, Dorchester-on-Thames , Draycott , Drayton near Banbury, Drayton near Abingdon¹, Drayton St. Leonard , Dry Sandford ¹, Ducklington, Dunsden Green , Duns Tew , Duxford ¹,
Eaton ¹, Easington, East Challow ¹, East Ginge , East Hagbourne, East Hendred ¹, East Hanney ¹, East Hendred, East Lockinge ¹, Eaton, Eaton Hastings ¹, Elsfield, Emmington, Enslow, Enstone , Epwell, Ewelme , Exlade Street, Eynsham
Faringdon ¹, Farmoor ¹, Fawler , Fawler, Vale of White Horse ¹, Fencott, Fernham ¹, Fewcott , Fifield , Filchampstead, Filkins, Finmere, Finstock , Forest Hill, Foscot, Foxcombe Hill ¹, Freeland, Frilford ¹, Fringford, Fritwell, Fulscot, Fulwell, Fyfield ¹
Gagingwell, Gainfield, Gallowstree Common , Garford ¹, Garsington , Glympton, Godington, Godstow , Goosey ¹, Goring Heath , Goring-on-Thames , Gosford , Grafton, Grandpont , Great Bourton, Great Coxwell ¹, Great Haseley , Great Milton , Great Rollright , Great Tew , Grove ¹,
Hailey, Hampton Gay, Hampton Poyle , Hanney, Hanwell, Hardwick (West Oxfordshire), Hardwick (Cherwell), Harpsden, Harcourt Hill ¹, Harwell ¹, Hatford ¹, Headington , Headington Hill , Hempton, Henley-on-Thames , Henton, Henwood ¹, Hethe, Heythrop, Highmoor, Hinksey, Hinksey Hill, Hinton Waldrist ¹, Holton, Holwell, Hook Norton , Horley , Hornton, Horspath , Horton-cum-Studley
Kelmscott , Kencot, Kennington ¹, Kiddington , Kidlington , Kidmore End , Kingham , Kingston Bagpuize ¹, Kingston Blount, Kingston Lisle ¹, Kirtlington
Lamborough Hill ¹, Langford, Langley , Launton, Leafield , Letcombe Bassett ¹, Letcombe Regis ¹, Lew , Little Baldon , Little Coxwell ¹, Little Faringdon, Little Rollright , Little Tew , Littlemore , Littlestoke, Littleworth near Faringdon¹, Littleworth near Wheatley, Long Hanborough , Long Wittenham, Longworth ¹ Lower Assendon, Lower Heyford, Lower Shiplake , Lollingdon ¹, Longcot ¹, Lyford ¹, Lyneham ,
Maidensgrove, Mapledurham , Marcham ¹, Marsh Baldon, Marston , Merton, Middle Assendon, Middle Aston, Middleton Stoney , Milcombe, Milton near Adderbury, Milton near Didcot¹, Milton-under-Wychwood , Minster Lovell , Mixbury, Mollington, Mongewell, Moreton, Moulsford, Murcott
Neithrop , New Headington , New Hinksey , New Marston , Netherton, Nettlebed , Newington, Newnham Murren, Newton Purcell, Noke , North Hinksey ¹, North Leigh , North Moreton, North Newington, North Oxford , North Stoke, Northend, Northmoor, Nuffield , Nuneham Courtenay
Oakley, Oddington, Old Chalford, Old Headington, Old Marston , Over Kiddington, Over Norton , Osney , Oxford
Piddington, Pishill, Play Hatch , Postcombe, Prescote, Preston Crowmarsh, Pusey ¹, Pyrton.
Radford, Radley ¹, Ramsden, Roke, Rose Hill , Rotherfield Peppard Rousham , Russell's Water, Rycote
St Ebbes , Salford, Sandford-on-Thames , Sandford St Martin , Sarsden, Seacourt, Shellingford ¹, Shifford , Shillingford , Shelswell, Shilton , Shenington, Shifford, Shilton, Shiplake , Shippon ¹, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Shipton-under-Wychwood , Shirburn, Shorthampton, Shrivenham ¹, Shutford , Sibford Ferris, Sibford Gower, Signet , Somerton , Sonning Common , Sonning Eye , Souldern, South Hinksey ¹, South Moreton, South Newington, South Stoke , South Weston, Southmoor Sparsholt ¹, Spelsbury, Stadhampton , Standlake , Stanford End , Stanford in the Vale ¹, Stanton Harcourt , Stanton St. John, Steeple Aston , Steeple Barton , Steventon ¹, Stoke Lyne, Stoke Row, Stoke Talmage, Stonesfield , Stonor, Stratton Audley, Summertown , Sunningwell, Sutton Courtenay ¹, Sutton Wick, Swalcliffe , Swerford, Swinbrook , Swinford ¹ Sydenham
Tackley , Taston, Tadmarton, Taynton, Temple Cowley , Tetsworth , Thame , Thrupp , Tiddington , Tokers Green , Toot Baldon , Towersey , Trench Green , Tusmore
Uffington ¹, Upper Arncott, Upper Heyford , Upperton , Upton near Didcot¹, Upton near Burford,
Wallingford ¹, Wantage ¹, Warborough , Wardington, Watchfield ¹, Water Eaton , Waterperry , Waterstock, Watlington , Weald, Wendlebury, West Challow ¹, West Hagbourne, West Hanney ¹, West Hendred ¹, West Lockinge ¹, Westcot, Westcott Barton , Weston-on-the-Green , Westwell, Wheatley , Whitchurch Hill , Whitchurch-on-Thames , Widford, Wigginton, Winterbrook, Wilcote, Witney , Wolvercote , Woodeaton , Woodcote , Woodstock , Woolstone ¹, Wootton, Vale of White Horse ¹, Wootton, West Oxfordshire , Worsham, Worton near Cassington, Wroxton, Wyfold , Wytham ¹
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