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 Rotherfield Peppard (locally known as Peppard). It is linked by a near-straight minor road to Henley.

Rotherfield Greys
St Nicholas' parish church
Rotherfield Greys Location within Oxfordshire
Area	7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population	350 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
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
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.537°N 0.954°W / 51.537; -0.954

History

The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Rotherfield Greys under the ownership of the Normans knight Anchetil de Greye and in a period when the county was administered in hundreds, in Binfield Hundred.[2] Rotherfield derives from the Old English redrefeld meaning "cattle lands". Around 1347, a castle was built at Rotherfield Greys; it is now in ruins. The parish 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.

Amenities

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas[3] is Norman and was restored in 1865.[4] The village has a public house, The Maltsters Arms, which is owned by W.H. Brakspear & Sons.[5] The current landlord is Gary Clarke. French-trained Chef & front man of The Cureheads.

Architecture

In the parish is Greys Court, whose predecessor was the manor house of the Grey family. It is owned and maintained by the National Trust and its Dower House is likewise in the top category of Grade I listed building.[6] As to other buildings, ruins, and monuments, 31 are listed in the parish for historic or architectural merit, most in the Grade II starting category.

Gallery

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  The Maltsters Arms
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  Ruins of Rotherfield Greys Castle

References

Sources

• 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rotherfield Greys.

• A birds-eye view of Greys Court Rotherfield Greys in the 17th or 18th century from SCRAN
• Greys Court at Rotherfield
• Roll of Honour
• Rotherfield Greys Parish Website
• UK National Archives — Domesday