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Woodstock
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town and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, northwest of Oxford
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Woodstock is referenced by 553 other articles, and connects out to Wootton, civil parish and market town.
The entry is geolocated on the map in OXF.
Vinony files it under Civil parishes in Oxfordshire, English royal forests and Market towns in Oxfordshire.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Population
- 3,521 ( 2021 census )
- Os grid reference
- SP4416
- London
- 62 miles (100 km)
- Civil parish
- Woodstock
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Shire county
- Oxfordshire
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- Woodstock
- Postcode district
- OX20
- Dialling code
- 01993
- Police
- Thames Valley
- Fire
- Oxfordshire
- Ambulance
- South Central
- Uk parliament
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Website
- Woodstock Town Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Woodstock
- Population
- 2924
- Official website
- www.woodstock-tc.gov.uk
- Image
- Woodstocktownhall.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01993
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- OS grid reference
- SP4416
- postal code
- OX20
- P8168
- St. Thomas Mount
- native label
- Woodstock
- P12749
- Hermann Julius Kolbe
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Encyclopedic overview
Woodstock is a market town and civil parish, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Oxford in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 3,521, up from the previous 3,100 in 2011.
Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is next to Woodstock, in the parish of Blenheim. Winston Churchill was born in the palace in 1874 and buried in the nearby village of Bladon. Edward, elder son of King Edward III and heir apparent, was born in Woodstock Manor on 15 June 1330. In his lifetime he was commonly called Edward of Woodstock, but is known today as the Black Prince. In the reign of Queen Mary I, her half-sister Elizabeth was imprisoned in the gatehouse of Woodstock Manor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Woodstock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.