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A History of the County of Oxford
… by the Worton brook which flows east into the river Cherwell, the southern by the river Dorn and its tributaries …
A History of the County of Warwick
… obtainable in all directions. The Avon, a tributary of the Cherwell, separates the parish from Oxfordshire on the east, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part of Fritwell. 2 It lies along the banks of the Cherwell about 16 miles north of Oxford with Banbury as its nearest market-town. The Cherwell forms most of the western boundary, but in the north … village. Here the land falls away steeply towards the Cherwell, where the low-lying valley was once marsh and is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… follows Ockley Brook bounds the parish on the north; the Cherwell forms the western and the Aynho and Somerton roads … appear between the latter and the alluvium of the Cherwell valley. 3 The surface soil is composed of sand and … Canal, completed in 1790, run along the east bank of the Cherwell. The nearest station, Aynho Park, lies over the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was included in Banbury Rural District and in 1974 in Cherwell District. 268 Church. Between 1163 and 1166 Hugh de … Visit. 100; P.R.O., HO 129/163. Census, 191161. Inf. from Cherwell District Council. Par. Council min. bk.; local inf. … F. colln. 108/B. Date on bldg.; Char. Com. file. Inf. from Cherwell District Council. O.R.O., Misc. Bod. V/9, p. 485; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… probably inaccurately, to be much larger. 4 The River Cherwell formed the boundary from Magdalen Bridge to King's … of the area is low-lying with the stiff clay soil of the Cherwell Valley, but eastwards the land rises sharply to a … three grants of pavage for the repairs of the road from Cherwell Bridge to Headington Hill, 'no one being bound to do …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a. (789 ha.) lying along the western banks of the river Cherwell, comprises the civil parishes of Steeple Aston and … and south the parish boundary follows the river Cherwell and its tributaries, but for a short distance … refers to the parish's position adjacent to the river Cherwell. The only tangible evidence of the Anglo-Saxon …
A History of the County of Oxford
… watered; besides the Swale, a small tributary of the River Cherwell, rising in the north of the parish, and the Stour, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TACKLEY Tackley parish lies on the west bank of the Cherwell c. 8 miles (14 km.) north of Oxford. It covers 2,913 … and Weaveley (338 a.). The parish boundary follows the Cherwell on the east, field boundaries on the north and much … seem to be those of the later township, running from the Cherwell near Enslow Bridge along a track to a barrow near …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish 1 of 1,628 acres has 1 miles of the River Cherwell for its western boundary and the Romano-British Aves … on the Great Oolite, except for a narrow belt along the Cherwell. 5 The soil is chiefly stonebrash. From the … fresh channel, partly outside the parish, was dug for the Cherwell, and the mill-house and mill were moved from the …
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