Oxfordshire

[ oks-ferd-sheer, -sher ]

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Oxfordshire

/ -ʃə; ˈɒksfədˌʃɪə /

an inland county of S central England: situated mostly in the basin of the Upper Thames, with the Cotswolds in the west and the Chilterns in the southeast. Administrative centre: Oxford. Pop: 615 200 (2003 est). Area: 2608 sq km (1007 sq miles) Oxon

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Both Rupert and James Murdoch were part of the weekend long preparations at Enstone Manor in Oxfordshire.

And she was a regular visitor and supporter of her neighbour in the Oxfordshire countryside, David Cameron.

The rolling hills of Oxfordshire, a genteel county in southeastern England, make for ideal riding country.

For the wealthier residents of Oxfordshire, country life can have an easy if synthetic charm.

The Oxfordshire Yeomanry and an Indian battalion were the last reserves sent up to him.

On the Oxfordshire side the ground rises more gradually, but perceptibly, from the river bank.

But he was known in the Oxfordshire country as a man who knew what he was about, and such men are always welcome.

A general election was now approaching: the great Oxfordshire contest already blazed with all the malevolence of party-zeal.

In the Hundred Rolls for Oxfordshire there is frequent reference to the payment of the tax called scutage.

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