Definition of Oxfordshere
Oxfordshire (186), a S. midland county of England, stretching on the
N. bank of the Thames between Gloucester and Buckingham; is an
agricultural district; bleak in the N. and W., it is hilly, well wooded
and picturesque in the S., where are the Chiltern Hills; iron-stone is
mined near Banbury, blankets made at Witney, and paper at Shiplake and
Henley; natives of the county were Edward the Confessor, Leland, Warren
Hastings, Maria Edgeworth, and J. R. Green.
- Wikipedia
- A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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