Cogges

Coordinates: 51°47′02″N 1°28′41″W / 51.784°N 1.478°W / 51.784; -1.478
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Cogges
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWitney
Postcode districtOX28
Dialling code01993
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51°47′02″N 1°28′41″W / 51.784°N 1.478°W / 51.784; -1.478

Cogges is an area beside the

civil parish.[1]

History

The former village centres upon three historic buildings: the

Cogges Manor Farm. There was also formerly an 11th-century fortified manor house.[2] Two moats survive south of the parish church.[2] One was called Castle Yard, and excavation within the curtilage of the other has revealed massive 12th-century foundations.[2]

Cogges manor is mentioned in the

Ditchley, who sold it to the Blake family. William Blake founded Blake's School in Cogges. In 1726, Viscount Harcourt acquired the manor from the heirs of Sir Francis Blake. In 1784, his grandson George, Earl Harcourt acquired the remainder of the Cogges estate from the heirs of Viscount Wenman, to clear the latter's debts.[3]

Parish church

St. Mary's parish church had been established by the second half of the 11th century.

Saxon[4] or early Norman.[5] The south aisle was added late in the 12th century,[4] but the two arches of the arcade between the nave and south aisle were rebuilt in the 13th century.[5] The chancel and chancel arch were enlarged and rebuilt in the middle of the 13th century.[4] In about 1340 the north chapel was added,[4] linked with the chancel by an arcade of two bays and with the 14th century effigy of a lady under one of the arches.[5] The Decorated Gothic[5] north aisle and adjoining bell tower were built in about 1350.[4]

The present east window of the chancel is also Decorated Gothic.[5] The tower's upper stages are octagonal,[5] possibly in reference to a style of church towers in Normandy whence the monks from Fécamp would have originated.[4] In the 15th century a Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was added to the nave, and the roofs of the nave, aisles and chancel were all rebuilt in the shallow-pitched late-medieval manner.[4] Late in the 15th century the Perpendicular Gothic west window[5] of the nave was inserted.[4] The windows of the north chapel were decorated with stained glass depicting the heraldry of the de Grey family.[4] During the English Civil War in the 17th century the church was damaged and the heraldic glass was destroyed.[4]

Cogges Priory

A

Benedictine Fécamp Abbey was founded at Cogges by Manasses Arsic in 1103.[6] The priory became closely associated with the running of the parish church.[4] In 1441 Henry VI seized the priory and its estates and gave them to Eton College,[3] which thus acquired control of the parish church as well.[4] The priory fell into disrepair[2] but the remains of a 13th-century building have survived in an altered form, with an intermediate floor inserted to make it a two-storey building.[7] Early in the 17th century[2] a wing was added to the surviving building to make it into a farmhouse.[2] In 1859 Eton College sold the priory house to the Diocese of Oxford to become St. Mary's Vicarage.[3] A high, gabled Victorian wing was added to enlarge the house, so that the 13th century core is now sandwiched between 17th and 19th century additions.[7]

The

fulling mill and in 1702 and 1712 there were two fulling mills on the site.[8] The last known record of Gill Mill being in operation is from about 1803.[8] The northern mill existed by 1272 and was being used as a fulling mill by 1387.[8] It was still in operation in 1702 but had fallen out of use by 1704.[8]

Manor Farm

Act of Parliament enabled the common land to be enclosed. Cogges was a separate civil parish until 1932, when the former village became part of Witney and the remaining rural parts were divided between the civil parishes of Ducklington and South Leigh.[1]

Cogges Manor Farm House

References

  1. ^ a b Crossley & Elrington 1990, pp. 54–55.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Crossley & Elrington 1990, pp. 54–59.
  3. ^ a b c d e Crossley & Elrington 1990, pp. 59–61.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Crossley & Elrington 1990, pp. 69–72.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 550.
  6. ^ Page 1907, pp. 161–162.
  7. ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 551.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Crossley & Elrington 1990, pp. 61–67.
  9. ^ Cogges Manor Farm Museum

Sources and further reading

  • Blair, J; Steane, John M. (1982). "Investigations at Cogges, Oxfordshire 1978–81: The Priory and the Parish Church". : 37–126.
  • Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R., eds. (1990). "Cogges". A History of the County of Oxford. .
  • Page, William, ed. (1907). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 2. Victoria County History. Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 161–162.
  • Sherwood, Jennifer; .
  • Steane, John M., ed. (1984). Cogges A guide to the museum and village. (sic). Cogges Agricultural Heritage Museum Association Limited. .

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