Dorchester on Thames

Dorchester on Thames
Dorchester-on-Thames with the Abbey tower in the background (July 2009)
Dorchester on Thames is located in Oxfordshire
Dorchester on Thames
Dorchester on Thames
Location within Oxfordshire
Area4.18 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population992 (2001 census)[1]
• Density237/km2 (610/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU5794
Civil parish
  • Dorchester
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWallingford
Postcode districtOX10
Dialling code01865
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteDorchester on Thames
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°38′38″N 1°09′58″W / 51.644°N 1.166°W / 51.644; -1.166

Dorchester on Thames (or 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.

  1. ^ "Area: Dorchester CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2010.