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Is there reason to expect it derives from something other than a place to ford oxen?
For modern place names, that's definitely a necessary thing to ask, because developers like to use euphemistic names like
"Kingstowne" instead of "the place where the landfill used to be."
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Oxford YuriiNation 07/16/07 08:31 AM Re: Oxford Faldage 07/16/07 10:58 AM Re: Oxford TheFallibleFiend 07/16/07 01:57 PM
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