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OXSHOT, Ockshot, or Oakshade, a hamlet in Stoke-D' Abernon parish, Surrey; 3 miles N N W of Leatherhead. It has a post-office, of the name of Ockshot-street, under Leatherhead, and a national schoolfounded, in 1820, by the Duchess of Kent. Pop., 200.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Surrey Ancient County |
| Place names: | OAKSHADE | OCKSHOT | OCKSHOT STREET | OXSHOT | OXSHOT OCKSHOT OR OAKSHADE |
| Place: | Oxshott |
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