Rotherfield Greys

Rotherfield Greys

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Rotherfield Greys
latitude= 51.536706
longitude= -0.953849
population=
shire_district= South Oxfordshire
shire_county = Oxfordshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Henley
post_town= HENLEY-ON-THAMES
postcode_district=RG9
postcode_area=RG
dial_code= 01491
static_

static_image_caption= St Nicolas Church, Rotherfield Greys
os_grid_reference= SU725825
london_distance=

Rotherfield Greys is a village and civil parish located three miles to the west of Henley-on-Thames, at the southern end of the Chiltern Hills in the English county of Oxfordshire.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the ownership of the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye. Rotherfield derives from the Anglo-Saxon "redrefeld" meaning 'cattle lands'. There is a neighbouring village, Rotherfield Peppard, which bears a similar name.

The Church of England parish church of St Nicolas is Norman with Victorian improvements. 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.

Close by is Greys Court, whose predecessor was the manor house of the Grey family. It is currently owned by the National Trust.

References

* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577064&queryType=1&resultcount=2 UK National Archives — Domesday]

External links

* [http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Greys-Court.html Greys Court at Rotherfield]
* [http://www.spaceagency.co.uk/villages/v_detail.php?id=795 Rotherfield Greys] including a [http://www.spaceagency.co.uk/cgi-bin/map.cgi/scale=20000/nav=1/appwidth=310?place=Rotherfield+Greys map and 360° view]
* [http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-653-128-C A birds-eye view of Greys Court Rotherfield Greys in the 17th or 18th century] from SCRAN
* [http://www.chord.demon.co.uk/greys/ St. Nicholas' Church, Rotherfield Greys]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Oxfordshire/RotherfieldGreys.html Roll of Honour]


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