Oxshott is a suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England.
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10 Facts About Oxshott
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Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded and occupies the land between the geographically large towns of Esher and Leatherhead.
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Oxshott was part of Stoke D'Abernon until 1912, when Oxshott gained its first place of worship.
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Oxshott means "Ocga's corner of land", from the Old English personal name Ocga and sceat "corner of land".
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Until the 16th century, Oxshott was fairly isolated from other centres of population, surrounded by heath and scrubland and connected to nearby villages only by footpaths.
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Oxshott became a parish in its own right in 1913 under that name; this putting an end to the use of the pre-1913 spelling of Ockshot, as used, for example, in 1911 in its topographical description in the Victoria County History.
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Oxshott is served by commuter trains, with services taking 38 minutes to Waterloo station calling at Vauxhall for interchange with the Victoria line, with local bus services available.
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Oxshott has an independent preparatory school, Danes Hill School, and its pre-prep school, Bevendean.
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Oxshott is featured in the popular Shopaholic novels by British author Sophie Kinsella, as the hometown of the series' narrator, Becky Bloomwood.
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