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Oxfordshire


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Oxfordshire

Place Type
political
Description
Area covers most of Thames Valley; contains many Paleolithic and Neolithic artifacts; part of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and Mercia; ruled by Danes 10th-11th centuries; site of battles during English Civil War; area includes a portion of Berkshire since 1974.
Source
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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