Oxfordshire
Jan 08, 2021
2 minutes
The greatest curiosity of this county, besides its University, is the magnificent seat of Blenheim a gift of the British parliament to the great Duke of Marlborough, on account of his signal victory over the French at Blenheim, in Germany’. In these words Pigot’s Directory of 1830 introduces the reader to the county of Oxfordshire.
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