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Oxfordshire (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər / OKS-fərd-shər, -sheer; abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west.
Ancient extent of Oxfordshire Map showing the parishes of Oxfordshire, c. 1900. The county of Oxfordshire in England is broadly situated in the land between the River Thames to the south, the Cotswolds to the west, the Chilterns to the east and The Midlands to the north, with spurs running south to Henley-on-Thames and north to Banbury.
Oxfordshire (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər / OKS-fərd-shər, -sheer; abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England increased the number of seats in Oxfordshire from six to seven, due to the electorates of all six existing constituencies being above the maximum allowed quota.
Oxford (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d / ⓘ) [5] [6] is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542.
South Oxfordshire: Brightwell-cum-Sotwell: 1,538 [55] 13.17 Wallingford Rural District [26] South Oxfordshire: Britwell Salome: 204 [56] 5.78 Bullingdon Rural District [6] South Oxfordshire: Brize Norton: 938 [57] 12.25 Witney Rural District [8] West Oxfordshire: Broadwell: 218 [58] 17.34 Witney Rural District [8] West Oxfordshire: Broughton ...
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 ...
The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county of Oxfordshire, in the northern part of South East England. (Although Oxfordshire contained three parliamentary boroughs for part of this period – Oxford (from 1295), Woodstock (or New Woodstock) (1302–1555 and from 1571) and Banbury (from 1554) – each of which elected MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the ...