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| | The Genoot Library - Topigraphical Dictionary of England - Lewis, 1831 - Oxfordshire |
 | | OXFORDSHIRE, an inland county, bounded on the south-west, south, and south-east by Berkshire; on the east by Buckinghamshire; on the north-east by Northamptonshire; on the north ans north-west by Warwickshire; and on the west by Gloucestershire. |
 | | The climate of Oxfordshire, its situation and latitude considered, is cold, particularly in the western part of the northern division of the county, where the fences consist chiefly of stone walls, affording but little shelter. |
 | | Oxfordshire has no peculiar breed of cattle, nor does any particular sort prevail; those most frequently seen are of the short-horned Yorkshire, the long-horned Leicestershire, the Devon, and the Alderney breeds: oxen are frequently employed in agricultural labours, for which the Herefordshire breed is preferred. |
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