Original: 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 Oxford ( whose name came from Anglo-Saxon Oxenaford = '' ford for oxen '' ) .
Simplified: Historically the area has always had some importance , it has been good agricultural land resting between the main southern cities and Oxford ( whose name came from Anglo-Saxon Oxenaford = '' ford for oxen '' ) .