Historically the area has always had some importance , containing valuable agricultural land in the centre of the country and the prestigious university in the county town of LOCATION@1 -LRB- whose name came from Anglo-Saxon Oxenaford = `` ford for oxen '' -RRB- .

Historically the area has always had some importance , it has been good agricultural land resting between the main southern cities and LOCATION@1 -LRB- whose name came from Anglo-Saxon Oxenaford = `` ford for oxen '' -RRB- .
