Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England

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Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England is a rural hillside area near Oxford known for its scenic views and historic associations with writers, artists, and academics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hamlet
rural area
associatedWith Edmund Blunden
John Masefield
Matthew Arnold
Robert Bridges
Sir Arthur Evans
ceremonialCounty Oxfordshire
character affluent residential area
country England
distanceFrom approximately 3 miles southwest of Oxford city centre
formerlyIn civil parish of Cumnor
governingBody Oxfordshire County Council
Vale of White Horse District Council
hasAmenity country lanes
residential properties
hasFeature open fields
views of Oxford skyline
woodland
hasViewOf City of Oxford
linked to: Oxford

Thames Valley
historicallyPopularWith academics
artists
writers
knownAs Boar’s Hill
landUse agricultural land
predominantly residential with large gardens
locatedIn Oxfordshire
South East England
Vale of White Horse district
civil parish of Wootton
locatedNear Oxford
nearbySettlement Cumnor
Sunningwell
Wootton
notableFor academic associations
artistic associations
literary associations
rural landscape
scenic views over Oxford
OSGridReference approximate
partOf Wootton and St Helen Without ward
postalTown Oxford
regionType hillside
topography elevated ground above Oxford plain
transport accessed mainly by local roads from Oxford and Abingdon

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Lennox Berkeley placeOfBirth Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England
John Masefield residence Boar's Hill, near Oxford, England
linked to: Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England