oxfordshire

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A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire
Oxon. a county in south central England, in and around the Thames Valley. It is mainly farmland, with some old towns and villages. Administrative (pop., 2001: 605,492) and historic county, south-central England. It consists of two upland areas divided by a broad vale. Evidence of inhabitation dates from the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. Dorchester was an important Roman settlement; subsequent Saxon settlement was concentrated along the Thames River valley. The county saw action during the English Civil Wars. Oxfordshire's economy is basically agricultural, with sheep farming and wool production. Cowley, a suburb of the county seat of Oxford, is the major industrial centre
{i} Oxon, county in south central England