Dorchester on Thames (gbr)

Dorchester on Thames

Dorchester on Thames ranks 15,718th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gerabronn, Tournan-en-Brie, and Kafr El Dawwar. Memorable people born in Dorchester on Thames include Mark Wright. Memorable people who died in Dorchester on Thames include Birinus. Dorchester on Thames has been the birth place of many soccer players and the death place of many religious figures. Dorchester on Thames is located in United Kingdom.

Dorchester on Thames is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. The town is a few hundred yards from the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame. A common practice of the scholars at Oxford was to refer to the river Thames by two separate names, with Dorchester on Thames the point of change. Downstream of the village, the river continued to be named The Thames, while upstream it was named The Isis. Ordnance Survey maps continued the practice by labelling the river as "River Thames or Isis" above Dorchester, however, this distinction is rarely made outside the city of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia