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Encyclopedia > South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District
South Oxfordshire
Shown within Oxfordshire
Geography
Status: District
Region: South East England
Admin. County: Oxfordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 57th
678.53 km²
Admin. HQ: Crowmarsh Gifford
ONS code: 38UD
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 147th
128,200
189 / km²
Ethnicity: 97.9% White
Politics
South Oxfordshire District Council
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Boris Johnson, Ed Vaizey

South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Crowmarsh Gifford is a village in Oxfordshire, England. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005 from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List of English districts... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, MP (born 19 June 1964, New York),[1] better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and former editor of The Spectator. ... The Honourable Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born June 5, 1968) is a conservative commentator and columnist and has been selected as a Conservative candidate at the next UK general election. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Crowmarsh Gifford is a village in Oxfordshire, England. ... Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ...


The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford, Thame urban district, and Wallingford Rural District, Bullingdon Rural District and Henley Rural District. The Wallingford parts were previously part of the administrative county of Berkshire. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station River Thames, the five arched Henley Bridge and Leander Club (to the far left) Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east... Statistics Population: 10,886 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP710060 Administration District: South Oxfordshire Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Oxfordshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Bullindgon was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1932 to 1974. ... Henley was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


The principal towns in the district are Didcot, Henley-on-Thames, Thame and Wallingford. Statistics Population: 25,231 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU525900 Administration District: South Oxfordshire Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station River Thames, the five arched Henley Bridge and Leander Club (to the far left) Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east... Statistics Population: 10,886 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP710060 Administration District: South Oxfordshire Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Oxfordshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office... Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ...


Smaller Villages

Adwell Church Adwell is a parish in the English county of Oxfordshire. ... The parish of Chalgrove comprises some 1115 hectares and is situated about ten miles south-east of Oxford, England. ... South Weston is a village is Oxfordshire that was mentioned in the Domesday Book. ... Wheatfield may refer to: Wheatfield, New York Wheatfield, Indiana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in South Oxfordshire produced the 5th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,356 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Centrica plc (LSE: CNA) is a large multinational company, based in the UK but also with interests in North America and Europe. ... In order to meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article requires cleanup. ...

See also: Energy efficiency in British housing.

Domestic housing in the United Kingdom is currently one of the major obstacles to achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon emissions targeted by the Government for 2010. ...

External links

Visit South Oxfordshire


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