Rotherfield Greys

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For the place with a similar name in East Sussex, see Rotherfield.
Rotherfield Greys
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St Nicholas' parish church
Rotherfield Greys is located in Oxfordshire
Rotherfield Greys
Rotherfield Greys
 Rotherfield Greys shown within Oxfordshire
Population 354 (2001 census)[1]
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
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Henley
List of places
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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 the village of Rotherfield Peppard.

The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Rotherfield Greys under the ownership of the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye. Rotherfield derives from the Old English redrefeld meaning "cattle lands".

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The Maltsters Arms

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas[2] is Norman and was restored in 1865.[3] 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.

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

The village has a public house, The Maltsters Arms, which is controlled by W.H. Brakspear & Sons.[4]

References

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  2. ↑ St. Nicholas' Church, Rotherfield Greys
  3. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 734.
  4. ↑ The Maltsters Arms

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