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OTMOOR, or Ottmor, a common of about 4,000 acres on the E border of Oxfordshire; on Akeman-street, adjacent to Bucks and to the river Ray, 6½ miles N E of Oxford. Roman pottery has been found in it around Akeman-street; and a Saxon camp is on it, near Merton.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a common of about 4,000 acres" (ADL Feature Type: "parks") |
| Administrative units: | Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | OTMOOR | OTMOOR OR OTTMOR | OTTMOR |
| Place: | Otmoor |
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