Sutton Courtenay
| Sutton Courtenay | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 39 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SU5094 | ||
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| Residents | 2413 (status: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | Abingdon | ||
| prefix | 01235 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| Shire county | Oxfordshire | ||
| Ceremonial county | Oxfordshire | ||
| Website: Sutton Courtenay | |||
Sutton Courtenay is a place and civil parish on the River Thames , three kilometers south of Abingdon and five kilometers northwest of Didcot . Sutton Courtenay was part of Berkshire until 1974, and has been part of Oxfordshire since the county borders were changed .
history
- 688: King Ine of Wessex equips the monastery Abingdon with the basic rule of (Manor) Sutton.
- 801: Sutton becomes royal, only the church and the priest's house remain at the monastery
- 1086: The Domesday Book records that half of Sutton belongs to the king
The part of the name "Courtenay" indicates that Sutton belonged to the Courtenay family from the end of the 12th century .
Attractions
- Norman Hall (built around 1192) or 1150
- The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay (around 1280)
- Tudor Great Hall (14th century)
- The Wharf (built 1913), Herbert Henry Asquith's country house . This is where England's entry into World War I was signed.
- All Saint's Church (12th century)
- Cemetery with the graves of Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) , Herbert Henry Asquith and David Astor
Personalities
- Empress Matilda (1102–1167) gave birth to her first child in Sutton
- Violet Bonham Carter (1887–1969), daughter of Herbert Asquith, was the owner of Mill House
- Tim Burton (* 1958) and Helena Bonham Carter (* 1966) (granddaughter of Violet Bonham Carter)
- Jacques Goddet (1905–2000), organizer of the Tour de France , went to school here
- The garden designer Norah Lindsay (1873-1948) lived from 1894 with her husband in the local manor house.
Sutton Courtenay
All Saint's Church
Asquith's tomb
Orwell's grave
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Commons : Sutton Courtenay - collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- William H. Page; PH Ditchfield: (Ed.) A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History (1924), pp. 369-379.
- Nikolaus Pevsner : Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (1966) pp. 235-237.
- David Nash Ford: "Sutton Courtenay Parish Church" (2001) [2]
- David Nash Ford: "History of Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire (Oxfordshire)" (2008)