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Dorchester on Thames (or Dorchester-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. The town is a few hundred yards from the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame. A common practice of the scholars at Oxford was to refer to the river Thames ...
Most of this ancient wood is on acidic clay with flints, although some areas are on sandy clay or chalky silt. The acid soils have a sparse understorey but there is a diverse ground flora in the calcareous areas. Orchids include broad-leaved helleborine, green-flowered helleborine, bird's-nest orchid and narrow-lipped helleborine. [99] Hartslock
Little Wittenham SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation. [5] Day's Lock is north-east of the village. On the opposite bank to the north-east, a little distance from the river itself, is the town of Dorchester-on-Thames which can be reached on foot via Little Wittenham Bridge.
In early 2021, there were just under 9,800 unique Conservation Areas in England (excluding sub-sections managed by secondary Local Planning Authorities), providing heritage protection for around 2.3% of England's land area and over 10% of properties.
Day's Lock and the River Thames curving along the tree line to the left On the eastern bank to the north-east is the historic town of Dorchester with its ancient Abbey . The river follows a long bend round to Clifton Hampden .
View from Round Hill with Day's Lock and the River Thames curving along the tree line to the left Didcot Power Station viewed from Wittenham Clumps. Strictly speaking, the name Wittenham Clumps refers to the wooded summits of these hills, which are themselves more properly referred to as the Sinodun Hills, the name Sinodun deriving from Celtic, Seno-Dunum, meaning 'Old Fort'. [9]
The parish's western boundary largely follows the course of a Roman road that linked Dorchester on Thames and Alchester Roman Town. In the Romano-British period there were pottery kilns producing Oxfordshire red/brown-slipware at Horspath Open Brasenose. [2] Production of red slipware had begun by about 240 and continued until the end of 4th ...
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.Its council is temporarily based outside the district at Abingdon-on-Thames pending a planned move to Didcot, the district's largest town.