Yelford
Yelford is a hamlet in Hardwick-with-Yelford civil parish. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Witney.
Manor
In 1086 the Domesday Book records that Walter of Ponz held the manor of Yelford.[1] Walter's other manors included Eaton Hastings, and together his manors were sometimes called the honour of Hastings.[1] By 1221 the overlord of the manor was one Philip of Hastings.[1] In 1651 The Hastings family sold the manor of Yelford to William Lenthall,[1] who was Speaker of the House of Commons during the Long Parliament, Rump Parliament and First Protectorate Parliament. The manor remained in the Lenthall family until 1949.[1]
In the latter part of the 15th century the Hastings family built the manor house, a timber-framed building with a moat.[2] It was altered in about 1600, when a first floor was inserted in what until then had been the great hall and a great stone chimneystack was added.[1] Early in the 20th century the house was divided for use by three families and by the middle of the century it was derelict. It was restored in 1952.[1] In the 1970s Jennifer Sherwood described the house as "The best, and certainly the most picturesque, large timber-framed house in the county."[2]
Parish church
The small Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Swithun may have been founded as a chapel by 1221, when Philip of Hastings was recorded as patron of the living.[1] It was completely rebuilt in about 1500.[1] It was restored at some time between 1869 and 1873, which may be when the bellcote was added.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Crossley & Currie, 1996, pages 208–212
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 869
Sources
- Crossley, Alan; Currie, C.R.J. (eds.); Baggs, A.P.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Townley, Simon C. (1996). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 13: Bampton Hundred (Part One). Victoria County History. pp. 205–217.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 869. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
External links
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yelford Yelford] at Wikimedia Commons
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