Salisbury / Sarum / Oxford

[Benjamin]

> LOL, that reminds me of a town in Maryland called "Oxon Hill". I 
 remember the school children legend claimed it was called so because 
farmers in colonial times grazed their oxen there and people on ships 
in the river used those animals on the hill as a landmark (get it, ox 
on hill). Later on, I read that the area was really named "Oxford-On-
 The-Hill" by Lord Baltimore because the area reminded him of Oxford. 
The maps shortened the name to "Ox. on the Hill" and eventually it 
was shortened further to "Oxon Hill".<<<

Well, they are partly right, Oxford (as in the real one in England) 
was originally Oxen Ford (saw it on an old map) and the City shield 
is a red bull (or presumably an Ox) crossing a blue river.  So 'twas 
just a different hill they were grazing on.

Wait a minute, that hardly makes any sense does it?

-Ben.