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Bicester has a history going back to Saxon times, and is currently one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire. This growth is linked to the proximity to the M40 motorway linking it to Oxford, Birmingham and London. Bicester was recorded in the Domesday book.
The town has a long-standing connection to the military. One of the British army's largest ordnance depots is located just outside the town. The charity Oxfam has its emergency warehouse near Bicester. Bicester is off junction 9 of the M40 motorway. The town has two railway stations, one is served by Chiltern Railways train services between London ( Marylebone) and Birmingham ( Snow HillBirmingham Snow Hill station is a railway station located in the centre of Birmingham, England. Though only a shadow of its former self, it is still the second most important railway station in Birmingham after New Street station. It is also the Birmingha). The other one has a branch-line service to Oxford.
The trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson was based in the north east of Bicester. Some of the plotPlot in literature, theater, movies According to Aristotle's Poetics a plot in literature is "the arrangement of incidents" that (ideally) each follow plausibly from the other. The plot is like the chalk outline that guides the painter's brush. An example was located in the nearby villages Juniper Hill, Hethe and Fringford.
Nearby places include BanburyBanbury is a market town in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire England, which in 1991 had a population of 39,900. The River Cherwell flows through the town. Banbury's main industries include: car components, electrical goods, aluminium, food processing,, KidlingtonKidlington is a village in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It is located just north of Oxford. Kidlington is the largest village in England (and, indeed, in Europe), with a population of over 17,000. It has so far resisted all proposals to become a tow, BrackleyBrackley is a town in Northamptonshire, England. It is situated on the River Ouse. Notable buildings in town include Magdalen College School, founded by Magdalen College in Oxford. There are also some remains of a castle. Towns in Northamptonshire., BuckinghamThis article is about the town of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, England. For other places in the world called Buckingham see Buckingham (disambiguation Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Nor, Oxford, and WitneyWitney is a fairly small town in Oxfordshire, just north of the A40 west of Oxford. The small town has been famous for its blankets since the Middle Ages. The water for the production of these blankets is drawn from the River Windrush which was believed t.