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Holywell Manor
Holywell is located in Oxfordshire
Holywell
Holywell
Civil parish
  • unparished
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX1
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
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Oxfordshire
51°45′25″N 1°14′53″W / 51.757°N 1.248°W / 51.757; -1.248

Holywell is a former civil parish in Oxford, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The toponym is derived from the well of Saint Winifred and Saint Margaret. In 1921 the parish had a population of 846. On 1 April 1926 the parish was abolished to form Oxford.

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