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Right - but it is called Oxford, not Horseford. I think names need to own up to themselves from a legal point of view. Oxford must allow for oxes everywhere.
by shevy-java 11mo ago
Right - but it is called Oxford, not Horseford. I think names need to own up to themselves from a legal point of view. Oxford must allow for oxes everywhere.
- diogolsq 11mo agoWell, the name only points to the fact that there was a ford (a crossing) on the River Thames where oxen used to cross. Nothing suggests it would have been free — in fact, if I owned a ford (a shallow crossing point) running through my property, you can bet I would charge for it.
- herodoturtle 11mo agoAn affordable fee I hope.
- TRiG_Ireland 11mo agoExcept that it's called the Isis at that point, not the Thames.
- iso1631 11mo agoThis legal argument has been tried many times in Penistone