which made part of the territory of the ancient Dobuni, a county of England, bounded on the west by Gloucestershire; on the south, where it is broadest, the river Isis divides it from Berkshire; on the east, it is bounded by Buckinghamshire; and on the north, where it terminates in a narrow point, it has on the one side Northamptonshire, and on the other Warwickshire. It extends 50 miles from north to south, and 35 from east to west, making about 130 in circumference: within which are contained one city, 15 market-towns, 280 parishes, 14 hundreds, 534,000 acres, and about 120,000 souls. The air is sweet and pleasant, and the soil rich and fertile. The lower parts consist of meadows and cornfields, and the higher were covered with woods till the civil wars; in which they were so entirely destroyed, that wood is now extremely scarce and dear, except in what is called the chiltern, and so is coal; of consequence fuel bears an exorbitant price. The county is extremely well watered; besides the Isis, Tame, Cherwell, Evenlode, and Windrush, there is a great number of lesser rivers and brooks. One of the four great Roman ways passes quite thro' this county, entering at the parish of Chinner, and going out at that of Goring. There is another lesser one, that extends between Colnbrook and Wallinford, called Gremyside. The county sends nine members to parliament, viz. two for the shire, two for the city, two for the university, two for New Woodstock, and one for Banbury.