Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England

E888563

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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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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