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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Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hamlet
rural area
associatedWith Edmund Blunden NERFINISHED
John Masefield NERFINISHED
Matthew Arnold NERFINISHED
Robert Bridges NERFINISHED
Sir Arthur Evans NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Vale of White Horse District Council NERFINISHED
hasAmenity country lanes
residential properties
hasFeature open fields
views of Oxford skyline
woodland
hasViewOf City of Oxford NERFINISHED
Thames Valley NERFINISHED
historicallyPopularWith academics
artists
writers
knownAs Boar’s Hill NERFINISHED
landUse agricultural land
predominantly residential with large gardens
locatedIn Oxfordshire
South East England
Vale of White Horse district NERFINISHED
civil parish of Wootton
locatedNear Oxford NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Cumnor NERFINISHED
Sunningwell NERFINISHED
Wootton NERFINISHED
notableFor academic associations
artistic associations
literary associations
rural landscape
scenic views over Oxford
OSGridReference approximate
partOf Wootton and St Helen Without ward NERFINISHED
postalTown Oxford NERFINISHED
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