Taston

Taston

Taston (previously known as Thorstan) is a hamlet in north west Oxfordshire, England situated between Charlbury and Spelsbury named after the Thorstone claimed to be a thunderbolt of the god Thor. The hamlet has a crumbling cross at its centre and a Victorian gothic memorial fountain.

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* [http://www.henge.org.uk/oxfordshire/thorstone.html the Thorstone I]
* [http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/aburnham/eng/thorstone.htm the Thorstone II]
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