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Oxford Historic District is a national historic district located at Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 201 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Oxford.
Locust Lawn is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina.It was built about 1855 by Armistead Ravenscroft Burwell, a descendant of the prominent Burwell Family of Virginia [2] and is a two-story, three-bay, T-shaped Greek Revival style dwelling.
Most Brasenose Wood is a remnant of the ancient Shotover Forest, and it is one of the few woods which is still managed by the traditional method of coppice-with-standards. It has a very diverse ground flora, and 221 species of vascular plant have been recorded, including 46 which are characteristic of ancient woodland. Shotover Hill has heath ...
Preservation NC [22] Ashwood Plantation (William T. Smith House) Godwin: Cumberland: Built in 1835 (circa). 05001030 Thompson House: September 15, 2005 Wake Forest: Wake: Built in 1853 (circa) 74001378 Wakefields: October 16, 1974 Wake Forest: Wake: Built in 1831 (circa) Walnut Hall: Bahama: Durham: Built in 1845 by Willie Person Mangum ...
These ancient woods are part of two former royal forests, Shotover and Bernwood. They are crossed by herb-rich and grassy rides, some of which are bordered by ditches, and there is also a pond and a marsh. Twenty-four species of butterfly have been recorded including the nationally rare black hairstreak. [264] Whitehill Wood: 3.4 hectares
The Ancient Astonbury and Wilder Woodlands Project, funded by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was announced in April 2024, with the aim to restore and conserve Astonbury Wood and six other woods of the Trust: Balls Wood, Fir and Pond Woods, Gobions Wood, Old Park Wood, Long Deans and Hawkins Wood. Iain Ward, an officer of the ...
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Wytham Woods is a 423.8-hectare (1,047-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site. [1] [2] Habitats in this site, which formerly belonged to Abingdon Abbey, [a] include ancient woodland and limestone grassland.