Witney

Also known as Witney, Oxfordshire, Witney, Oxon

Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford.

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COA wide.escutcheon: Vert on a fess wavy Argent between in chief a sinister glove of the last between two leopards' faces each holding in the mouth a shuttle Or and in base a representation of the Butter Cross at Witney Gold a barrulet wavy Azure.
COA wide.motto: Ingenio Floremus
COA wide.notes: Originally granted to the former Urban District council on 9 September 1955.
COA wide.crest: Upon a mount Vert between a crescent and a star Or a paschal lamb Proper.
UK place.official_name: Witney
UK place.static_image_name: St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Witney - geograph.org.uk - 247742.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Mary the Virgin Church
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP3509
UK place.label_position: bottom
UK place.population: 29,632
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Witney
UK place.shire_district: West Oxfordshire
UK place.shire_county: Oxfordshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: Witney
UK place.postcode_district: OX28

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Witney
Population: 22765
Image: St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Witney - geograph.org.uk - 247742.jpg
Dialing code: 01993

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Commons category: Witney
postal code: OX28
OS grid reference: SP3509
native label: Witney
P12749: Walter Warlimont

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Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford.

==History== thumb|Holy Trinity parish church, Woodgreen thumb|The Butter Cross thumb|Witney Town Hall The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as Wyttannige in a Saxon charter of 969. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Witenie, in the ancient hundred of Bampton.