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a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire

About Long Wittenham

Attractive Oxfordshire village with historic Iron Age Fort spread over Wittenham Clumps. Village features lovely thatched cottages with pretty, well tended gardens. A graceful stone cross stands on base believed to date from the 7th-century and St.Mary's Church dates from the 12th-century. Village has plenty to interest and enthuse about including a museum and several historic pubs and inns.

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