Bloxham
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Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about southwest of Banbury. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on the A361 road. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,374.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cherwell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,374
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Bloxham
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4235
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bloxham, Cherwell.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Part of Bloxham village, withSt Mary's church spire in the background
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 12.72
- UK place.population
- 3374
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bloxham
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Banbury
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX15
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01295
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Banbury
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3132
- Area
- 12.72
- Official website
- www.bloxhamparishcouncil.co.uk
- Image
- Bloxham museum.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01295
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- Commons category
- Bloxham
- postal code
- OX15
- OS grid reference
- SP4235
- IPA transcription
- ˈblɒk.səm
- P12749
- Wullschlaegelia
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- Sources and further reading
- External links
Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about southwest of Banbury. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on the A361 road. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,374.
==History== ===Roman=== Under Roman rule between the 1st and 5th centuries AD there were several farms and a burial site in the Bloxham area. A poor farming community lived at a site west of the present village.
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