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Product details
- ISBN 9781904356066
- Weight: 1452g
- Dimensions: 208 x 304mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2006
- Publisher: Victoria County History
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The latest volume for Oxfordshire is devoted to eight parishes between the market towns of Burford and Witney in the west of the county. The area is predominantly rural, the only urban centre being Carterton. Founded in 1900 as acolony of smallholders, it became one of the county's fastest growing towns after World War II due to its proximity to Brize Norton's military airbase. Oxfordshire: Volume XV is a richly detailed history of these parishes, covering everything from Anglo-Saxon settlement to 20th-century urbanisation, agriculture to rural industry, religious influences to famous residents.
SIMON TOWNLEY has been VCH Oxfordshire county editor since 1996 and is closely involved in Oxfordshire local history, serving on the committees of several local societies. His academic interests focus on settlement, landscape, and religion, particularly (but not exclusively) in the medieval period. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
