Oxfordshire

American  

[oks-ferd-sheer, -sher] / ˈɒks fərdˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in S England. 1,008 sq. mi. (2,610 sq. km).

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Oxfordshire British  

/ ˈɒksfədˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1.  Oxon.  an inland county of S central England: situated mostly in the basin of the Upper Thames, with the Cotswolds in the west and the Chilterns in the southeast. Administrative centre: Oxford. Pop: 615 200 (2003 est). Area: 2608 sq km (1007 sq miles)

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Oxfordshire

Brize Norton in Oxfordshire has recorded just 0.4mm of rain so far this August, less than 1% of what it would normally expect during the month as a whole.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The card, discovered by Ellie Mead in Bicester, Oxfordshire, revealed the cache was left there in 1971 by electrician David Judd, who promised "one pint best beer if penny returned".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Sabrina Longley is also a cheesemaker at the independent Nettlebed Creamery in Oxfordshire, which part-funded the research.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The study, published in ACS Food Science & Technology, focused on three varieties made by Nettlebed Creamery in Oxfordshire.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Unfortunately it emerged that another dinosaur had been found at a quarry in Oxfordshire and had just been formally described–by the Reverend Buckland, the very man who had urged him not to work in haste.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson