Iffley
Iffley | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Oxford | |
Postcode district | OX4 | |
Dialling code | 01865 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Iffley is a village in a designated
History
"In the chronicles of Abingdon Abbey (941 – 946) the place is called Gifteleia. The Domesday Book of 1086 it is Givetelei. Merton College records in the 1290s call it Iftele and Yiftele; it is Yeftley to the civil servants writing up the Domesday of Inclosures, in Latin, in 1517 – 18; Lincoln College accounts, written less formally and in English, have Ifley by 1543, and it is Iffley or Iflie during the Civil War 1642 – 46. Clearly, the sound of the name — at a time when spoken forms were dominant — was fixed by then. Afterwards the Y survived in occasional use, but only lawyers bothered with the T..."[2]
The ending of the name of this village near
"It is likely that the hill, running to 295 ft, now known as Rose Hill and Iffley, was a desirable place to live, safe from any floods. Many other villages, above and below, are set back from the river to cater for floods."[2]
During the 12th century Oxford townsmen built a watermill at Iffley, which was bought by Lincoln College, Oxford in 1445: the mill burned in 1908, having survived for nearly 800 years. Products ground at the Iffley mill included malt, barley, corn and other cereals — for a brief time during the 15th century it was a fulling mill. The mill,
"…was notorious for its arguments between bargees and millers, who being in possession of the lock, whether it was a flash or
pound lock, could preserve their head of water, and not let it flow down river, by opening the gates, as long as they wished."[2]
In 1156 Iffley was among the holdings of the
In 1921 the civil parish had a population of 405.[3] On 1 April 1929 the parish was abolished and merged with St Giles and St John and Littlemore.[4]
Domesday Book entry
People mentioned: Abbey of St Mary of Winchcombe; Aelfgifu; Alnoth; Alric; Alwine; Azur; Bondi; Brian; Cynewig; Earl Tosti; Earl Aubrey de Coucy of Northumbria; Edwin the sheriff; Henry de Ferrers; Hugh; Hugh d'Ivry; Hugh de Bolbec; Queen Edith; Ralph; Robert; Roger; Rolf; Swein; Turold; Walter; Walter Giffard; William Peverel; William de Warenne; William fitzAnsculf. Date: 1086[5]
Iffley Meadows
Notable people
- Thomas Nowell (1730–1801), clergyman and historian[10]
- Frank Bickerton (1889–1954) Antarctic explorer and World War I aviator[11]
- John Grimley Evans (1936–2018), gerontologist[12]
- Peggy Seeger (b.1935), American folk singer[13]
- Stephen R. Lawhead (b. 1950), writer[14]
- Barten Holyday (1593–1661), clergyman, poet, and translator
See also
The village of Iffley has given its name to:
- St Mary the Virgin, Iffley, the parish church
- Iffley College, the original name of Wolfson College
- Iffley Halt, a former railway station on the Wycombe Railway
- River Isis
- Iffley Mill, locally famous for the spectacular fire that burnt it down in 1908
- Iffley Road in east Oxford
References
- ^ Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley
- ^ a b c d The Iffley History Society
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Iffley CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ The National Archives Documents Online. Description. Place name: Iffley, Oxfordshire. Folio: 157v Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Givetelei
- ^ "Iffley Island, Oxford". Nature Reserves. Oxford Conservation Volunteers. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Iffley Meadow Nature Reserve". Countryside and nature reserves. Oxford City Council. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Iffley Meadows". Nature Reserves. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Simons, Paul (22 April 2015). "Plantwatch: A rare glimpse of a field full of 'the snaky flower'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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- 1891 Census of Headington District, RG11/1166, Folio 49, page 9.
- ^ "Sir John Grimley Evans". The Times. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Tim Hughes, "Protest singer Peggy Seeger is still a rebel with a cause", Oxford Mail, November 14, 2013.
- ^ Duckles, Jo (14 January 2015). "God in the life of Stephen Lawhead". Diocese of Oxford. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
Sources
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. pp. 189–206.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
- Iffley Village Friends
- Iffley Parish
- Iffley Music Society
- Iffley History Society
- Iffley Conservation Area [1]