Rotherfield Greys
| Rotherfield Greys | |
 St Nicholas' parish church |
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| Population | 354 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU725825 |
| Civil parish | Rotherfield Greys |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Henley-on-Thames |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
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Coordinates: 51°32′13″N 0°57′14″W / 51.537°N 0.954°W
Rotherfield Greys is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire. It is 2 miles (3 km) west of Henley-on-Thames and just over 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Rotherfield Peppard.
The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Rotherfield Greys under the ownership of the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye. Rotherfield derives from the Old English redrefeld meaning "cattle lands".
The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas[2] is Norman and was restored in 1865.[3] The church includes the 16th-century Knollys Chapel, which houses an ornate tomb of the Knollys family. This includes effigies of Sir Francis Knollys and his wife, who was lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I.
Nearby is Greys Court, whose predecessor was the manor house of the Grey family. It is owned by the National Trust.
The village has a public house, The Maltsters Arms, which is controlled by W.H. Brakspear & Sons.[4]
References
- ↑ "Area: Rotherfield Greys CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ St. Nicholas' Church, Rotherfield Greys
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 734.
- ↑ The Maltsters Arms
Sources and further reading
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 734–737. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Townley, Simon C, ed. (2011). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 16: Binfield Hundred (Part One): Henley-on-Thames and Environs. Victoria County History. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. ISBN 978-1-904356-38-7.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rotherfield Greys. |
- UK National Archives — Domesday
- Greys Court at Rotherfield
- Rotherfield Greys including a map and 360° view
- A birds-eye view of Greys Court Rotherfield Greys in the 17th or 18th century from SCRAN
- Roll of Honour
