Botley is a village in the civil parish of Botley and North Hinksey, in the Vale of White Horse district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England, just west of the Oxford city boundary. Historically part of Berkshire, it stands on the Seacourt Stream, a stream running off the River Thames. The intersection of the A34 and A420 is to the village's north.
Berrick Salome is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Wallingford. Since the 1992 boundary changes, the parish has included the whole of Roke and Rokemarsh and Berrick Prior. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 326. In 1965, Reginald Ernest Moreau (1897–1970), an eminent ornithologist, and a Berrick Salome resident from 1947, realized that he could build up a picture of the village as it had been in the decades before the First World War, based on the recollections of elderly villagers. His study, which was published in 1968 as The Departed Village: Berrick Salome at the Turn of the Century, also included an introduction to local history. This provided much of the information for "A Village History" which appeared in The Berrick and Roke Millennium Book and is the major source for this article.
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney is a civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire in England. As the name suggests, the parish includes the villages of Aston and Cote, and the hamlets of Shifford and Chimney. The southern border of the parish is the River Thames. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,374.
Waterperry is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waterperry with Thomley, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire and close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire, England. It is beside the River Thame, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Oxford. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin is partly Saxon and has notable medieval stained glass, sculptural memorials, Georgian box pews and memorial brasses. In 1961 the parish had a population of 161. On 1 April 1994 the parish was abolished and merged with Thomley to form "Waterperry with Thomley".
Bullingdon was a hundred in the county of Oxfordshire, covering an area to the east of Oxford. It took its name from the hamlet of Bullingdon Green, in the parish of Horspath, where the hundred court originally met.
Wheatfield is a civil parish and deserted medieval village about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire. Wheatfield's toponym is derived from the Old English for "white field", referring to the ripe crops that the Anglo-Saxons grew on its fertile land. Few of Wheatfield's buildings remain today except the Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew, the former rectory and the former outbuildings of the no-longer-standing manor house.
The Oxfordshire Way is a long-distance walk in Oxfordshire, England, with 6 miles in Gloucestershire and very short sections in Buckinghamshire. The path links with the Heart of England Way and the Thames Path.
Beatrix Helen Havergal was an English horticulturist.
Claydon with Clattercot is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 1932 by merger of the parish of Claydon with the extra-parochial area of Clattercote. As of the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 306 and it had a total of 6.22 km2 of land, water, and roads.
Hardwick with Tusmore is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 1932 by merger of the parishes of Hardwick and Tusmore. In 2001 it had a population of 63.
Shenington with Alkerton is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It comprises the village of Shenington, which was an exclave of Gloucestershire until the Counties Act 1844 transferred it to Oxfordshire and the village of Alkerton, which was always part of Oxfordshire. It covers 9.60 km2 and as at the 2011 census had a population of 425 people.
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 1955 by removing the hamlet of Thrupp from the parish of Kidlington and merging it with the parish of Shipton-on-Cherwell. It covers 6.04 km² and as at the 2011 census had 493 residents.
Sydenham is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Thame in Oxfordshire. To the south the parish is bounded by the ancient Lower Icknield Way, and on its other sides largely by brooks that merge as Cuttle Brook, a tributary of the River Thame. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 451.
Pishill with Stonor is a civil parish in the high Chilterns, South Oxfordshire. It includes the villages of Pishill and Stonor, and the hamlets of Maidensgrove and Russell's Water. Pishill with Stonor was formed by the merger of the separate civil parishes of Pishill and Stonor in 1922. In 2011 it had a human population of 304 across its 10.54 km².
Tiddington-with-Albury is a civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire. It includes the village of Albury, the larger village of Tiddington and the hamlet of Draycot. It was formed by a merger of the civil parishes of Albury and Tiddington in 1932 and in 2011 had a population of 660 across an area of 4.4 km².
Cornbury and Wychwood is a civil parish in West Oxfordshire. It includes the country estate of Cornbury Park and the ancient former Royal Forest of Wychwood, which covers several square miles between Cornbury Park, the village of Leafield and the hamlet of Mount Skippett.
Hanborough is a civil parish in West Oxfordshire. The parish includes the villages of Church Hanborough and Long Hanborough. The village of Freeland was transferred from Eynsham civil parish to Hanborough in 1932 and then detached to form a separate civil parish in 1948. Both Church Hanborough and Long Hanborough are served by Hanborough railway station.
Mary Rose Spiller was an English horticulturist and teacher who devoted her life to the dissemination of successful horticulture, particularly by women, in Britain. She wrote two gardening books: Growing Fruit (1980), and Weeds, Search and Destroy (1985).
Waterperry Gardens are gardens with a museum in the village of Waterperry, near Wheatley, east of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
Waterperry Wood is a 137-hectare (340-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission.
