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WYCHWOOD FOREST, a forest in the W of Oxford; 4 miles NW of Witney. It is traversed by Akeman-street; and it comprises 3,709 acres. The whole, till recently, was a wild tract of wood and coppice, profusely intersected with green roads and winding paths; but is now, to great extent, disafforested and enclosed.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a forest" (ADL Feature Type: "forests") |
| Administrative units: | Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Wychwood |
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