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A History of the County of Oxford
… boundary changes in 1857 and 1868) followed streams of the Thames on the west, the Banbury road on part of the east, … was divided into four separate parts, three along the Thames in the west, and the fourth and largest (221 a.) … manor. 36 The site of the abbey, between streams of the Thames, was thus presumably part of Wolvercote, although, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. … different alignment, and fragments of masonry found in the Thames suggest that work continued throughout the 13th … extended, on the south at least, from one stream of the Thames to another; the closure of a back gate c. 1535 caused …