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sparty_lea
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18 years ago

Would Oxfordshire count as midlands then?

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LeeW
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18 years ago

I believe it used to appear on central tv news on itv, but I haven't watched it for ages.
Does that count?

I went in a mine once.... it was dark and scary..... full of weirdos

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Clunk
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18 years ago

When I was lorry driving, Oxfordshire came under the Swindon (South west) depot as opposed to our hams hall (Midlands) and Enfield (London and south east) depot's. Does this help?

Barney
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18 years ago

Oxfordshire is still classed as the midlands. However, if the South west editor wants it, you can have it, less work for me then!!!!

I still have a stack of work to do in all of the midlands counties....

Clunk
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18 years ago

Are there any mines in Oxfordshire, then?

Barney
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18 years ago

very few, in fact very little of any interest. There are several opencast, shallow gravel pits and i think there are some very small iron mines on the Northants side. I havnt really dug to deep with Oxfordshire yet. 😞

Wyn
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18 years ago

There was ironstone extracted around Hook Norton near Banbury. Also "Slates" were quarried/mined around Stonesfield near Woodstock. These "slates" are in fact a flagstone from sandy/oolitic limestones of Jurassic age, not to be confused with the Welsh (real!) stuff.

Are there flint mines, the ones around Reading were in Oxfordshire before they changed the boundaries a century ago.

Barney
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18 years ago

"Wyn" wrote:

Are there flint mines, the ones around Reading were in Oxfordshire before they changed the boundaries a century ago.

Oh no, boundary changes!!!!
Barney covers ears and runs a mile

I have had a scout round Hook Norton, there are a few marks on the surface but found nothing underground. I think it was all surface work?

sparty_lea
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18 years ago

Looks like its all yours Barney.
I only asked as there's a couple of Chalk pits to add from there.

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Wormster
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18 years ago

#10

Not a great deal in Oxfordshire,

Though you would have to include Rock Edge, Headington, old opencast coralian limestone workings

Lat 51 45' 13.4" N
long 1 12' 17.1" W

Before you all ask I used to play there as a kid, that's how I know about it.

Also worth checking out is :
http://www.touchoxford.com/business/search/typeId/1582/type/Quarries

also woodeaton quarry.

this article lists what minerals can be found in oxfordshire:
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/learning/pdfs/oxmin.pdf

there's a few others I'll do some digging and see what I can find out later.

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Barney
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18 years ago

#11

Nice one Wormster, they will be useful 😉

Wormster
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18 years ago

#12

No worries Barney, its my home county so any more Q's pass them my way.

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