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1815:Mid Oxfordshire County Constituency
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798:Davies, Peter (16 December 2006).
505:and All Angels and granted to the
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993:A History of the County of Oxford
885:"Fringford C of E Primary School"
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1865:Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
1836:List of places in Oxfordshire
1574:Newton Purcell with Shelswell
1767:Municipal Borough of Banbury
1062:"Brief History of Fringford"
968:Greenwood, Martin W (2000).
1134:Banbury County Constituency
953:Sources and further reading
595:Social and economic history
576:, Mixbury, Newton Purcell,
110:OS grid reference
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1777:Bicester Urban District
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1002:Oxford University Press
998:Victoria County History
849:"Benefice of Shelswell"
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1064:. Shelswell Parishes.
833:. Shelswell Benefice.
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1013:Sherwood, Jennifer;
972:. Martin Greenwood.
845:Archbishops' Council
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405:Alchester Roman Town
210:Sovereign state
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