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HER Number: 2563
Record Type: Monument
Name: Site of Woodstock Royal Palace/Manor House

Grid Reference: SP 439 165
Parish:BLENHEIM, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE

Monument Type(s):

  • MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1714 AD)

Summary

Possible site of Saxon palace.

Associated Monuments

  • None

    • Associated Finds:

  • None

    • Description

    1- 3) Med manor house built by Henry I. First of 6 chapels recorded in 1186, another c.1233. House in disrepair in C16th, restored early C17th. Damaged in Civil War, demolished 1714 during landscaping of the park.
    4) Copy of report and miscellaneous images transferred to Oxon History Centre.
    6) Insufficient information to classify site as A/S palace or magnate's residence.

    NB: Some correspondence and images of Woodstock Palace transferred to Oxon History Centre.


    <1> General reference, E Marshall: The Early History of Woodstock Manor & its Environs (1873) (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <2> General reference, Mavor: New Description of Blenheim, 8th edition (1811) pp.111-7, 122-4, 126-130 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <3> General reference, D Green: Blenheim Palace (1951) pp.23-31 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <4> General reference, Brown, Colvin & Taylor: History of King's Works, ii. pp.1009-17 (1965). (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <5> OS Record Card, SP 41 NW 23 (Index). SOX273.

    <6> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 24.3.93 (Index). SOX259.

    Sources

    <1>General reference. E Marshall: The Early History of Woodstock Manor & its Environs (1873). [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <2>General reference. Mavor: New Description of Blenheim, 8th edition (1811) pp.111-7, 122-4, 126-130. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <3>General reference. D Green: Blenheim Palace (1951) pp.23-31. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <4>General reference. Brown, Colvin & Taylor: History of King's Works, ii. pp.1009-17 (1965).. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <5>OS Record Card. SP 41 NW 23. [Index / SOX273]
    <6>MPP Documents for Oxfordshire. S Lisk, 24.3.93. [Index / SOX259]

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