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Witney · Alexandria

Place

Witney

Also known as

Vitni
Vitnis
Witney, Oxfordshire
Witney, Oxon
Wyttannig
Уитни

Image illustrating Witney — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Witneysee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

birthplace ofAlan Payne1903 CE
place of death ofAndrew Sherratt1946 CE
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birthplace ofMartin Jones1940 CE
birthplace ofMichael Gorman1941 CE
place of death ofPeter John Morris1934 CE
birthplace ofRobbie Mustoe1968 CE

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