Oxfordshire

English shire county

Oxfordshire is a county in south-central England, northwest of London.

It contains the city of Oxford, home to the ancient university.

The county encompasses rural countryside, the Chiltern Hills, and towns along the Thames.

Residents or things from there are Oxfordian or Oxfordshire-based: an Oxfordshire village, Oxfordshire County Council.

rural

Cotswolds

Hilly English countryside region

villages · thatched cottages · hedgerows · meadows · pastoral · agriculture · sheep · cattle · barns · orchards

literary

Tolkien

Morse · Shelley · poets · authors · manuscripts · bookshops · fiction · novels · poetry · drama

historic

Blenheim Palace

English ducal country house

Norman · castles · manors · Civil War · heritage · White Horse · Woodstock · archaeology · monuments · ancient

county

council

Advisory deliberative group

boundaries · governance · administration · planning · services · Abingdon · Henley · parishes · market towns · electorate

academic

university

Higher education institution

tutorials · dons · quadrangles · matriculation · gowns · Rhodes · dreaming spires · Radcliffe · punting · blues

Categories
Opposites
administrative type

Oxfordshirecity

Large populated area

Oxford · London · City of London · Greater London · Birmingham

geographic region (uk)

OxfordshireGreater Manchester

Metropolitan county, northwest England

Lancashire · Glasgow · Liverpool · industrial heartland

academic/cultural association

OxfordshireCambridgeshire

Eastern English county

Cambridge · East Anglia

Family

shire, Oxford

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G