Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OTMOOR, or Ottmor

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a common of about 4,000 acres"   (ADL Feature Type: "parks")
Administrative units: Oxfordshire AncC
Place names: OTMOOR     |     OTMOOR OR OTTMOR     |     OTTMOR
Place: Otmoor

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