Towns and villages in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds

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   Shipton under Wychwood

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   Countryside

   Shipton under Wychwood

   Heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and still a place of mystery, the area was once the ancient Royal Hunting Forest of Wychwood, much of which survives. Shipton is the largest of the Wychwoods (the others are Ascott and Milton), each having their…

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   Swinbrook

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   Village

   Swinbrook is a small village on the River Windrush, about 2 miles east of Burford. Apparently untouched by time, it is the quintessential English village with its stone walls, pretty church, cricket pitch with wooden pavilion, and an old stone pub…

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   Shilton

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   Village

   The attractive ford across ‘The Shill’ brook, the open village green and pretty stone cottages are much photographed and make the village of Shilton a truly Cotswold experience.

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   Long Hanborough

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   Village

   Lying between Witney and Woodstock, the village station provides easy access to Oxford on the Cotswold Line and is also home to the Oxford Bus Museum.

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   Carterton

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   Town

   Carterton is a modern new town with a thriving cosmopolitan community built around Britain's largest air base RAF Brize Norton.

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   Asthall

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   Village

   Asthall is a small village, a couple of miles down the Windrush Valley from Burford, but a village with a rich history.

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   Combe

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   Village

   The name Combe, meaning valley, seems inappropriate for a village set on a hill top 45m above Evenlode valley floor! The village may have moved away from an earlier site down on the valley floor.

   The village is on the edge of the Blenheim…

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   Aston

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   Village

   The village of Aston, four miles south of Witney, is centred around the Square - which is actually a triangle! Often linked with the neighbouring hamlet of Cote, Aston has all the essentials of village life - a church, a school, a post office, a…

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   Stanton Harcourt

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   Countryside

   Stanton Harcourt

   Stanton Harcourt is a small, attractive village dating from a Bronze Age settlement. The Harcourt family resided there between the 12th and 18th century and the fine Norman church contains the tomb of Robert Harcourt, Henry Tudor's standard bearer…

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    Milton under Wychwood

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    Village

    Dating back to medieval times, Milton under Wychwood is a large working village on the edge of the Evenlode valley and is one of three villages named after the ancient forest of Wychwood

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    Great Rollright

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    Countryside

    Chipping Norton

    Just north of Chipping Norton, set high on a hill and enjoying panoramic views across the valley, Great Rollright is the larger of The Rollrights, Little Rollright is 2 miles to the west, with the prehistoric Rollright Stones in between.

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    Ramsden

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    Village

    A beautiful and peaceful stone village on the north-east edge of the Cotswolds. Ramsden, meaning 'wild garlic valley', is another ideal base for exploring the surrounding countryside either on foot or on bicycle.

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