Stonor Park
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Location | Stonor, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England |
Coordinates | 51°35′47″N 0°55′46″W / 51.596490°N 0.929315°W |
Built | 13th century onwards |
Stonor Park is a historic country house and private deer park situated in a valley in the Chiltern Hills at Stonor, about four miles (6.4 km) north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The house has a 12th-century private chapel. The remains of a prehistoric stone circle are in the grounds. It is the ancestral home and seat of the Stonor family, Baron Camoys. The current Lord Camoys is William Stonor.
Setting
The house nestles in the
History
Stonor House has been the home of the Stonor family for more than eight centuries. In the house are displays of family portraits, tapestries, bronzes and ceramics. The house has a 12th-century private chapel built of flint and stone, with an early brick tower.
The house was probably begun after 1280, when Sir Richard Stonor (1250–1314) married his second wife, Margaret Harnhull.[1]
During and after the
The Stonor family's steadfast adherence to
Stone circle
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. The stones are a mixture of sarsens and puddingstone.[3] The current stone positions are the result of re-positioning during 17th-century landscaping and 20th-century reconstruction.[4] The site is listed as a folly in the Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) (PRN 2064)).[5]
Media appearances
Stonor has been used as a
Bibliography
- Lobel, Mary D. (1964). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. pp. 98–115.
- ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
References
- ^ ISBN 9781139449199.
- ^ a b Lobel, 1964, pages 98–115.
- ^ Stonor stone circle Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Stonor estate website. Accessed April 2012.
- ^ Country Life article, May 7, 1981
- ^ Stonor Park Stone Circle filed otes County Sites and Monuments Record Officer, Central Library, Westgate, Oxford OX1 1DJ. Accessed April 2012.
- ^ Danny, the Champion of the World
- bbc.co.uk. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
External links
- Stonor official website
- AboutBritain.com information
- Great British Gardens information
- Tour UK information
- The Living Daylights information
- Stonor Cricket Club official website