Charney Basset in England
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Williams F1

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as Williams F1, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It is founded and run by team owner Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams' two earlier and, compared with Williams F1's achievements, unsuccessful F1 operations: Frank Williams Racing Cars (1969 to 1975) and Walter Wolf Racing (1976).

Located at 51.6181, -1.41278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1977 establishments, Formula One constructors, Formula One entrants, British auto racing teams, British racecar constructors, Companies based in Oxfordshire, Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Wantage Rural District

Wantage was a rural district of Berkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 as a successor to the Wantage rural sanitary district. It was named after Wantage, which formed a separate urban district entirely surrounded by the rural district. It had its headquarters in Belmont, Wantage. The district was abolished in 1974 (as were all other rural districts, under the Local Government Act 1972).

Located at 51.62, -1.44 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Former districts of Berkshire, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, Rural districts of England, History of Oxfordshire

Cherbury Camp

Cherbury Camp is the name given to the 'multi-vallate' hill-fort-like earthworks, situated at grid reference SU374963, 1 mile to the north of Charney Bassett, in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. It is joined to the village by a footpath. This appears to be an Iron Age fortification but is far away from any hill or other vantage point. It is, nonetheless, larger than its counterpart, Uffington Castle, on the nearby Berkshire Downs.

Located at 51.6642, -1.46066 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hill forts in Berkshire, Buildings and structures in Oxfordshire, Visitor attractions in Oxfordshire

Hinton Waldrist Castle

Hinton Waldrist Castle was in Hinton Waldrist about 7.5 miles north of Wantage. Hinton Waldrist spent most of its history in Berkshire until in 1974 it was transferred to Oxfordshire. The castle was originally a motte and bailey with a moat. The first castle was built of timber by the St. Valery family after the Norman conquest of England. In the Middle Ages the castle was rebuilt in stone when it belonged to the Bohuns, the Earls of Hereford.

Located at 51.6894, -1.45747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Castles in Berkshire

Challow railway station

Challow railway station is a former railway station 2 miles south of the village of Stanford in the Vale on the A417 road between Wantage and Faringdon. It is named after the villages of West Challow and East Challow, which are 1.5 miles and 2.5 miles southeast respectively of the former station. When the Great Western Railway extended its main line from Reading through the Vale of White Horse in 1840 it opened the station as Faringdon Road station.

Located at 51.6122, -1.48872 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire, Former Great Western Railway stations, Great Western Main Line, Railway stations opened in 1840, Railway stations closed in 1964, Beeching closures in England

Wantage Tramway

The Wantage Tramway Company was a two mile tramway that carried passengers and freight between the Oxfordshire town of Wantage and Wantage Road Station on the Great Western Main Line. Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage the line was cheaply built parallel to what was then the Besselsleigh Turnpike, and now the A338. The tramway closed to passengers in 1925 and to goods traffic in 1945.

Located at 51.6125, -1.41249 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Wantage Tramway, Rail transport in Oxfordshire, Tram transport in England, Closed railway lines in South East England, Railway companies established in 1873, Railway lines opened in 1875

Charney Manor

Charney Manor is a 13th-century manor house at Charney Bassett in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is a grade I listed building. Charney Manor was originally a grange of Abingdon Abbey. It was later rented out to the Yate family. It is currently a Quaker retreat and conference centre.

Located at 51.6475, -1.4508 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Country houses in Oxfordshire, 1250s architecture

Goosey

Goosey is a civil parish within the The Vale of White Horse district located about 4.5 miles north-west of Wantage, Oxfordshire.

Located at 51.6244, -1.48639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Civil parishes in Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse