Oxfordshire
CountyLocation
Place type
County
Location
Latitude: 51.75, Longitude: -1.17
Hierarchy
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- England
- Oxfordshire
Description
Area covers most of Thames Valley; contains many Paleolithic & Neolithic artifacts; part of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex & Mercia; ruled by Danes 10th-11th centuries; site of battles during English Civil War; area includes a portion of Berkshire since 1974.