Worsham, Oxfordshire
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Worsham is a hamlet
on the River Windrush
about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Witney
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0.25 miles (402.3 m) east of Worsham on the north side of the Windrush are the remains of a small Roman
house. In later history Worsham was the site of a water mill. The area also has two Cotswold stone
quarries, both now disused.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
on the River Windrush
River Windrush
The River Windrush is a river in the English Cotswolds, forming part of the River Thames catchment.The Windrush starts in the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire northeast of Taddington, which is north of Guiting Power, Temple Guiting, Ford and Cutsdean...
about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Witney
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
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0.25 miles (402.3 m) east of Worsham on the north side of the Windrush are the remains of a small Roman
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
house. In later history Worsham was the site of a water mill. The area also has two Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone is a yellow oolitic limestone quarried in many places in the Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England. When weathered, the colour of buildings made or faced with this stone is often described as 'honey' or 'golden'....
quarries, both now disused.