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  2. OX postcode area - Wikipedia

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    The OX postcode area, also known as the Oxford postcode area, is a group of 26 postcode districts in south-central England, within 17 post towns.These cover most of Oxfordshire (including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Bicester, Witney, Didcot, Carterton, Kidlington, Thame, Wantage, Wallingford, Chipping Norton, Chinnor, Woodstock, Watlington, Bampton and Burford), plus very small parts of ...

  3. University of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    University of Oxford. /  51.75500°N 1.25500°W  / 51.75500; -1.25500. The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, [2] making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation.

  4. Kennington, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia

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    51.717°N 1.250°W. / 51.717; -1.250. Kennington is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, just south of Oxford. The village occupies a narrow stretch of land between the River Thames and the A34 dual carriageway. It was in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire .

  5. Post Office Limited - Wikipedia

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    Crown Post Office in Oxford, Oxfordshire Crown Post Office in Otley, West Yorkshire. As of March 2022 there were 11,635 post office branches across the UK, of which 117 were directly managed by Post Office Limited (known as Crown post office branches).

  6. General Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a Government ...

  7. Postal services in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Industry. A small number of postal services operate widely in the United Kingdom. Most notably and previously mentioned is Royal Mail. After the opening up of the industry, competitors such as Whistl and UK Mail found their place offering business postal solutions. These companies, despite being competitors to Royal Mail, hand over sorted mail ...

  8. Carfax, Oxford - Wikipedia

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    Carfax, Oxford. Carfax is the junction of St Aldate's (south), Cornmarket Street (north), Queen Street (west) and the High Street (east) in Oxford, England. [1] It is considered to be the centre of the city. The name "Carfax" derives from the Latin quadrifurcus via the French carrefour, both of which mean "crossroads".

  9. List of post towns in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, sorted by the postcode area ... Oxford: Abingdon, Bampton, Banbury, Bicester, ...