Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England.
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12 Facts About Witney
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Witney has long been an important crossing over the River Windrush.
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Witney Railway opened Witney's first station in 1861, linking the town to Yarnton where the line joined the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.
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Witney has three county secondary schools: Henry Box School, Wood Green School and Springfield School.
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Witney now has two Church of England primary schools: The Batt School in Corn Street and The Blake School in Cogges Hill Road.
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Witney and District League is a local association football league with about 32 clubs in five divisions.
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Witney has, in recent times, been a safe seat for the Conservative Party.
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Witney became Prime Minister in coalition with the Liberal Democrats in May 2010 and continued after the 2015 election, in which the Conservative Party gained a majority, but retired to the backbenches after the referendum that rejected his government's recommendation to remain in the European Union.
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Witney stood down as an MP soon afterwards, triggering a by-election held on 20 October 2016, in which Robert Courts was elected for the Conservatives.
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About 200 properties in central Witney were flooded, with areas around Bridge Street, Mill Street and West End the worst affected.
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Witney has a maritime climate type typical to the British Isles, with evenly spread rainfall, a narrow temperature range, and comparatively low sunshine totals.
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