Woodstock (Oxfordshire)
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ W
Woodstock is a small town and " civil parish " (municipality) in the English county of Oxfordshire , West Oxfordshire district , about 12 kilometers north of Oxford . Woodstock has 3100 inhabitants (2011). The River Glyme divides the place into the districts of New and Old Woodstock.
On its territory is Blenheim Palace , residence of the Dukes of Marlborough and the largest castle in England that was not built for the royal family. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Winston Churchill was born there in 1874 , whose grave is in the nearby town of Bladon.
Woodstock is the headquarters of the international medical technology group Owen Mumford .
literature
- Rev. E. Marshall: Early History of Woodstock Manor , Oxford 1873
Web links
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