Settlement
Alternating growth and decline in agricultural production led to cycles of settlement growth, stagnation, abandonment and re-occupation. These settlement histories are now being revealed through integration of archaeological and historical techniques.
At present there is increasing pressure to develop new housing on former agricultural land.
Mesolithic and Neolithic
Early Bronze Age
Middle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeEarly Iron Age
Middle Iron Age
Late Iron Age
Roman
Saxon
Oxfordshire's population growth
Present and future housing issues
