Oxon And Surrounds

Question 1

Describe the journey to Stroud?

Answer 1

Cross Ock st roundabout go up the hill, Spring rd, past The White Horse.
Turn left into Farringdon rd then left again down Barrow road.
Past the POW pub and barracks. Turn right at junction onto Farringdon rd.
Continue to Gozzards Ford, past Black Horse pub (vis. A Black horse cross the road in front of you, canters into Black Horse lane up to the Cothill National Nature Reserve).
Turn right at Oxford rd/A338 then immediate left into Abingdon road.
Then on to A420 (Tom Sim in shroud [for Stroud] on roller hockey blades with NASA).
Past MandS. Hills to south, running parallel almost, the North Wessex Downs, as we swing by Swindon.
Upto Cirencester on A419 then across the Cotswolds (vis. 419 Tom gets in tub, nasa depart)(When Tom reaches Cirencester he puts on siren on head to then cross cotswolds to Stroud)

Question 2

What main road goes past our estate and up to Ock street?

Answer 2

Drayton

English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places in England named Drayton, from Old English dræg ‘drag’, ‘portage’, ‘slipway’, or ‘sledge’ (a place where boats were dragged across land or where loads had to be dragged uphill or on sledges across wet ground, from dragan ‘to draw or drag’) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Question 3

What’s a ‘dray’?

Answer 3

dray (drā),
n.
Transportation:
1. low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
2. sledge or sled.
3. any vehicle, as a truck, used to haul goods, esp. one used to carry heavy loads.

Question 4

What’s the name of the village next to White Horse Hill?

Answer 4

Uffington

Mnem: dragon hill dragon uffing and puffing

Question 5

What’s the name of the smaller hill at the foot of White Horse Hill?

Answer 5

Dragon Hill

Question 6

What remains are at the top of White Horse Hill?

Answer 6

Uffington Castle

Question 7

Uffington ‘Castle’, which occupies the summit of **, is a rare and outstanding example of a large ** Age hillfort.

Answer 7

Whitehorse Hill

Iron

Question 8

The famous White Horse is the oldest ******* in Britain, perhaps over ** years old.

Answer 8

chalk-cut hill figure

3,000

Question 9

Dragon Hill, a natural mound about 10 metres high, is named for its association with the legend of *****.

Answer 9

St George

Local legend associates the horse with St George and the Dragon, hence the name of nearby.

Question 10

Dragon Hill. This is a round mound, about 10 metres high with a flattened top, likely to have been formed by

Answer 10

glacial erosion.

Question 11

The White Horse, which measures 111 metres from the tip of its tail to its ear, has been dated to the later Bronze Age or Iron Age, between 1740 and 210 BC. It may have been a ** marker or a fertility symbol – its function is not certain.

Answer 11

territorial

Question 12

What’s the name of the hall ruins just north-west of Witney and sitting a the foot of the Cotswolds?

And what two buildings accompany it?

When was it built?

Which king stayed there and when?

Answer 12

Minster Lovell Hall

It collectively encompasses the fine hall, church and hall’s dovecote.

The picturesque ruins of Minster Lovell Hall, a 15th century Oxfordshire manor house, lie in a beautiful rural setting beside the River Windrush. They include a fine hall, tower and nearby dovecote.

Minster Lovell Hall was built in the 1430s by William, Baron of Lovell and Holand - one of the richest men in England. It was later home to Francis, Viscount Lovell, a close ally of Richard III. After several changes of hands the hall was abandoned and eventually demolished in the 18th century, leaving the extensive remains that stand today.

Question 13

What is a ‘minster’?

Answer 13

Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most notably York Minster in York, Westminster Abbey in London and Southwell Minster in Southwell. The term minster is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century…
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Eventually a minster came to refer more generally to “any large or important church, especially a collegiate or cathedral church”

Question 14

What Roman town sits at the southernmost tip of the Cotswolds?

Answer 14

Bath

Question 15

Which 3 main roads encompass Oxford?

Answer 15

A34 runs up the entire west side.
Eastern bypass road connects the A34 across the south and up half of the east side until it connects to the A40 which bears north west across the north east side of Oxford then runs over the top and under or over the A34.

Viz: A Mare races up the A34 in an effort to be beat the runner (a man) ‘race’ing up the A40 to reach north of oxford first.

Question 16

Which town sits just off the A34 half way up the west side of Oxford?

Answer 16

Botley

Question 17

What’s the name of the village that sits in the southern crook of the intersection of the A34 and Eastern bypass rd?

Answer 17

Kennington

Kenneth Williams hanging out there.

Question 18

What are the Oxford areas either side of the Eastern bypass rd?

Answer 18

Kennington, to the south west.
Littlemore due south with Iffley the north side of the road.
Then Cowley, south east Oxford, north side of the rd.

Question 19

Which area of Oxford sits in middle of east side, enveloping the intersection of A40 and Eastern bypass rd?

Answer 19

Headington

Question 20

What’s the name of the country park south east of Headington?

Answer 20

Shotover

Shooting things over the park with Mike, with shot guns.

Question 21

What’s the home town of The Oxford Duplication Centre - AudioVisual Specialists?

Where is it?

Answer 21

Kidlington
Due north of Oxford

Question 22

Gloucester sits at the apex of the Bristol channel, and slightly north west of a triangle of glos towns, what are they?
The apex of the triangle is to the north east of Gloucester - the two other towns are to the south, roughty on a similar horizontal axis.

Answer 22

Cheltenham at top.
Stroud, SW and Cirencester opposite on SE corner of triangle.

Putting Siren on before crossing the Cotswolds to-do what?