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Waterperry is a village beside the River Thame, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Oxford in Oxfordshire and close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin is partly Saxon and has notable medieval stained glass, sculptural memorials, Georgian box pews and memorial brasses.[2]

Waterperry, Oxfordshire (1803) by William Alfred Delamotte
Waterperry Location within Oxfordshire
Population	170 (parish, including Thomley) (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP626066
Civil parish	Waterperry with Thomley
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX33
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Henley
Website	Waterperry
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.755°N 1.094°W / 51.755; -1.094

The 2011 Census combined data for the village with Waterstock, due to the small population of the village.[3]

Waterperry House is a 17th-century mansion, remodelled early in the 18th century for Sir John Curson and again around 1820.[4] It is now a house of seven bays and three storeys with a balustraded parapet and Ionic porch.[4]

The house has extensive grounds, and until 1971 housed the Waterperry School of Horticulture under Beatrix Havergal. Since 1971 the house has been owned and used as a country retreat by the School of Economic Science.[5] The gardens are now a horticultural business and visitor destination, Waterperry Gardens.[6] The 8 acres (3 ha) of gardens include rose and alpine gardens, a formal knot garden, trained fruit and nursery beds and a riverside walk. The grounds also have nurseries, orchards, plant centre and teashop. Gardening courses are still taught here. The grounds host the annual Art in Action festival of art and craft each July.[7]

References

Sources and further reading

• Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 295–309.
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 826–828. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
• Todd, John (1969) [1955]. J.S (ed.). Waterperry Church (2nd ed.).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waterperry.

• West Gallery Churches: Oxfordshire Waterperry St Mary the Virgin
• Waterperry Gardens
• Art in Action

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