Stonor

Coordinates: 51°36′07″N 0°56′20″W / 51.602°N 0.939°W / 51.602; -0.939
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Stonor
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHenley-on-Thames
Postcode districtRG9
Dialling code01491
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51°36′07″N 0°56′20″W / 51.602°N 0.939°W / 51.602; -0.939

Stonor /ˈstoʊ.nər/ is a mostly cultivated and wooded village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pishill with Stonor, in the South Oxfordshire, district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It takes up part of the Stonor valley in the Chiltern Hills which rises to 120 meters above sea level within this south-east part of the civil parish, it is centred 3.8 miles (6.1 km) north of Henley-on-Thames. Stonor House close to the village centre has been the home of the Stonor family for more than eight centuries. The house and park are open to the public at certain times of the year. The house has a 12th-century private chapel built of flint and stone, with an early brick tower. There are also signs of a prehistoric stone circle in the park, which gives the place name its etymology.[2]

History

For most of its history Stonor was called Upper Assendon and was a

Roman Catholic publications had secretly been printed. The elderly Lady Cecily Stonor, her son John, the Jesuit priest William Hartley, the printers and four servants were taken prisoner, and in 1585 Hartley was exiled.[4]

Despite continued prosecutions and fines the Stonors and a number of Upper Assendon families remained

Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District used Stonor Park as his headquarters.[4] In the first half of the 19th century, the number of Roman Catholics in Upper Assendon increased, partly by local people converting, possibly aided by the fact that the only local school at the time was a Roman Catholic one endowed by the Stonors. The 1851 census recorded 50 Catholics in the village, but in the final quarter of the 19th century the numbers sharply declined.[4]

Stone circle

See also: Stonor Park

The house was built on the site of a prehistoric stone circle or henge and this has given it its name. The remains of the circle are still visible with one stone incorporated into the south-east corner of the chapel.[2]

Demography

The civil parish is more than 90% greenspace (10.61 km2) as at 2005 and had 139 homes in 2011.[6]

Amenities

Stonor Cricket Club was founded in 1797. It has occupied its current ground overlooking Stonor Park for more than a century.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "South Oxfordshire Census 2011 Summary". South Oxfordshire District Council. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Park and Gardens - Stonor". Stonor Enterprises. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Lobel, Mary (1964). "Victoria County History - Oxfordshire A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds Parishes: Pyrton". British History Online. Victoria County History, London. pp. 98–115. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Population statistics Stonor CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  7. ^ Stonor Cricket Club

Sources

External links

Media related to Stonor at Wikimedia Commons

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