Witney
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| Weather | 19°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 68% Humidity |
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| Population | 2011 census |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
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| ID | 1099000 |
About Witney
Witney is a historic market town on the River Windrush, 12 miles west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as Wyttannige in a Saxon charter of AD 969. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Witenie.
