Owlpen
| Owlpen | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Dursley | |
| Postcode district | GL11 | |
| Dialling code | 01453 | |
| Police | Gloucestershire | |
| Fire | Gloucestershire | |
| Ambulance | South Western | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Owlpen is a small village and
A key feature of the village is a Tudor manor house, Owlpen Manor, of the Mander family. The main economic activities in the village are agriculture, forestry and tourism.
Name
Owlpen (pronounced locally "Ole-pen") derives its name, it is thought, from the Saxon thegn, Olla, who first set up his pen, or enclosure, by the springs that rise under the foundations of the manor, about the 9th century.[1]
Archaeology
There are several signs of early settlement in the area. Round
History
There are records of the de Olepenne family (who may have named themselves after the place) settled at Owlpen by 1174. They were local landowners, benefactors to abbeys and hospitals, and henchmen to their feudal overlords, the Berkeleys of Berkeley Castle, whose wills and charters they regularly attest as their attorneys and witnesses.[5]
In 1464, the male line failed after twelve generations of Olpennes, and the manor and lands passed to the Daunt family on the marriage of Margery de Olepenne to John Daunt of Wotton-under-Edge. The Daunts were clothiers who had been settled in Wotton since the 14th century.[5] They later acquired land in Munster, Ireland, where by 1595 they had their principal estates at Gortigrenane Castle, near Carrigaline, and at Tracton Abbey, near Kinsale, both in County Cork. The main line failed on the death of Thomas Daunt VI in 1803, when the Stoughton family, Anglo-Irish landowners from County Kerry, inherited. They sold the estate in 1925–1926, after approximately 900 years of ownership in one family.
Owlpen Manor
Listed buildings on the estate include the
Owlpen House
The Stoughton family built a new mansion c. 1848, called Owlpen House, one mile (1.6 km) to the east of the original settlement, to the
Owlpen Church
The Church of the Holy Cross stands above the manor house. Of medieval origins (first recorded in 1262), the nave was rebuilt by the architect Samuel Manning (Senior) in 1828 and the chancel added with
The
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-869103-7.
- ^ "Uley Bury camp". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler's Tump)". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "West Hill Romano-Celtic Complex". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ a b "History of Owlpen". Owlpen Manor Estate. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Owlpen Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Owlpen House". Lost Heritage. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Uley and Owlpen Community Design Statement" (PDF). Stroud District Council. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Church of the Holy Cross". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Holy Cross". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- Nicholas Mander, Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire: a short history and guide to a romantic Tudor manor house in the Cotswolds. (current edition: 2006). OCLC 57576417
- Norman Jewson, By Chance I did Rove (Cirencester, 1951, 1973; Barnsley 1986)
External links
Media related to Owlpen at Wikimedia Commons