Osney: Difference between revisions

The name "Osney" is Old English, and means either "Osa's Island"<ref>{{cite book|last=Marriott |first = Paul| title= Oxford Street Names Explained| year=1977| isbn = 0-9505730-1-9}}</ref> or "island in the Ouse": Ouzen Ait is a [[elision|base form]] and Ouse is an [[Old English]] word for a (large) river.<ref>Hibbert, C. (ed) (1988) ''Encyclopedia of Oxford'' Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-48614-5}}, s.v. ''Osney''</ref> Until the early twentieth century the name was applied to the island formed by two streams of the River Thames immediately west of the centre of Oxford, [[Castle Mill Stream]] and the stream which is now the main channel of the river.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22807#s17 VCH vol.4 ''Outlying parts of the liberty'']</ref> To the north the island is bounded by a short channel between the River Thames and the Castle Mill Stream, the [[Sheepwash Channel]], which separates it from [[Fiddler's Island]].<ref name="canalplan">{{cite web| url=http://canalplan.org.uk/waterway/edm8 | title=River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) | website=www.canalplan.org.uk | location=UK | accessdateaccess-date=15 September 2012 }}</ref> which separates it from [[Fiddler's Island]] and [[Cripley Meadow|Cripley]].

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