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1476:Risinghurst
1466:Old Marston
1380:St. Thomas'
1360:Port Meadow
1323:New Marston
1318:New Hinksey
1180:Oxfordshire
1127:11 November
784:Oxford Mail
675:blue plaque
661:During the
507:Augustinian
469:Old Cutslow
457:Culdeslauia
386:Old English
370:Water Eaton
362:Oxfordshire
339: /
313:Oxfordshire
244:Oxfordshire
137:Oxfordshire
68:Oxfordshire
1600:Categories
1454:Littlemore
1412:Wolvercote
1397:Summertown
1313:New Botley
1276:Headington
1261:Donnington
1256:Cutteslowe
1002:. London:
846:BBC Oxford
816:8 February
709:References
699:Woolvercot
689:Governance
453:Cuddeslawe
449:Cudeslauya
441:Cudeslawia
354:Cutteslowe
324:51°47′24″N
155:South East
102:unparished
60:Cutteslowe
24:Cutteslowe
1496:Wood Farm
1481:Sandhills
1459:Rose Hill
1417:Waterways
1402:Sunnymead
1370:St. Ebbes
1343:Park Town
1271:Grandpont
1061:Smith, AH
580:turnpiked
518:attainder
461:Coteslowe
445:Cudeslowe
437:Codeslawe
433:Kodeslawe
429:Codeslowe
425:Cudeslawe
421:Codeslaue
406:Cuddesdon
366:Sunnymead
327:1°16′01″W
251:Ambulance
189:Post town
1350:Northway
1298:Holywell
1071:for the
1059:(1954).
1037:for the
695:township
670:£1,000.
574:Turnpike
531:who was
497:By 1004
417:Codeslam
111:District
1308:Jericho
1266:Godstow
1063:(ed.).
535:of the
533:Speaker
487:sheriff
480:Wootton
465:Cutslow
382:toponym
308:England
284:Website
171:England
165:Country
1530:Former
1486:Barton
1385:Oxpens
1303:Iffley
1239:Cowley
1234:Binsey
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510:Priory
476:assize
358:Oxford
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194:Oxford
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217:01865
1129:2009
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