Oxfordshire may be considered a well wooded co. It
has many antiquities, and is likewise noted for the
beauty of its ecclesiastical buildings and the number of
its mansions. The mfrs. are not important. The co.
comprises 14 hundreds, 292 pars, with parts of 7 others,
the greater part of the parl. and mun. bor. of Oxford
(1 member, and Oxford University 2 members), and the
mun. bors. of Banbury and Chipping Norton. It is
almost entirely in the diocese of Oxford. For parlia-
mentary purposes the co. is divided into 3 divisions—
viz., Northern or Banbury, Mid. or Woodstock, and
Southern or Henley—1 member for each division.
Oxford Boad, ry. sta., Manchester.

©xhey, eccl. dist., Bushey and Watford pars., Herts,
on SE. side of Watford, pop. 2392.

©xhill, par. and vil., Warwickshire, 10 miles SE. of
Stratford on Avon, 1800 ac., pop. 273.

Oxley House, seat, 24 miles NW. of Wolverhampton,
Staffordshire.

Oxlode, vil., 5 m. NW. of Ely, Cambridgeshire; P.O.
Oxna Island, Tingwall par., Shetland, 3J miles SW.
of Scalloway, pop. 30.

Oxnani, par. and hamlet, SE. Roxburghshire—par.,
21,160 ac., pop. 683; hamlet, on Oxnam Water, 44
miles SE. of Jedburgh; P.O.; Oxnam Water rises in
the Cheviot Hills, and flows 10 miles N. to the Teviot
near Crailing.

Oxnead, par., Norfolk, on river Bure, 34 miles SE.
of Aylsham, 644 ac., pop. 75.

Oxney. — hundred, Shepway lathe, Kent, at the
boundary with Sussex, 7929 ac., pop. 1338 ; comprises
3 pars., is insulated by 2 branches of the Rother, and
is also called Oxney Island.—2. ©xney, par., Kent,
54 miles NE. of Dover, 318 ac., pop. 23; contains ©xney
Court, seat.

©xneyfleid (or Oxenleyfield), detached part of Dar-
lington par., Durham.

©xnop, hamlet, Grinton par., North-Riding York-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Muker.

Oxon Heath, seat, 4 miles NE. of Tunbridge, Kent,
©xon and Shelton, eccl. dist., Shrewsbury St Chad
par., Shropshire, on NAY. side of Shrewsbury, pop. 425.

Oxshott, hamlet (ry. sta. Oxshott and Fair Mile),
Stoke D’Abernon par., Surrey, 44 miles SAY. of Surbi-
ton ; P.O., called ©akshott Station.

©xspring, township and vil., in par. and 14 mile E.
of Penistone, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 1203 ac.,
pop. 350.

©xted, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Surrey—par., 3659
ac., pop. 1727; vil., 6 miles N. of Lingfield and 11 miles
SE. of Croydon by rail; P.O.

©xton. — township, Woodchurch par., Cheshire, on
W. side and wholly within the bor. of Birkenhead, 814
ac., pop. 3312; P.O., T.O. — 2. ©xton, par. and vil.,
Notts, in Sherwood Forest—par., 3580 ac*' pop. 516;
vil., 5 miles SAY. of Southwell; P.O.; near the vil. is
©xton House, seat. — 3. ©xton, township, Tadcaster
par., E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire, on river AYharfe,
658 ac., pop. 46; ©xton Honse, seat, is 1 mile E. of
Tadcaster.

©xton, vil., Channelkirk par., W. Berwickshire, on
Leader AYater, 5 miles NAY. of Lauder; P.O.

©xton Honse, seat, 5 miles NE. of Chudleigh, Devon.
Oxwich, par. and vil., Gower, Glamorgan—par., 1265
ac. (17 water) and 514 tidal water and foreshore, pop.
229; the vil. is on Oxwich Bay, 12 miles SW. of Swansea,
©xwich Bay is 34 miles wide across the entrance,
and penetrates 2 miles. Near ©xwich Point, the W.
extremity of the bay, stands ©xwich Castle, built in
the reign of Henry VIII.

©xwick with Pattesley, par., Norfolk, 4 miles
SW. of Fakenham, 1039 ac., pop. 76.

©ykell, river, Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty ;
rises near Ben More, and, passing through Loch Ailsh,
flows 35 miles SE., dividing Sutherland from Ross and
Cromarty, to the head of Dornoch Firth at Bonar Bridge.

©ykell Bridge, place with inn, Kincardine par., Ross
and Cromarty, on river Oykell, 17 miles SW. of Lairg;
P.O., called ©ykell.

©ylgate, co. Wexford; P.O. See Oilgate.

©yne, par. and ry. sta., mid. Aberdeenshire, on river
Don—par., 10,131 ac., pop. 962; sta., 4 miles W. of
Inveramsay Junction and 244 N"W. of Aberdeen; P.O.