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Highmoor (other)
Highmoor may refer to: Places England * Highmoor, Cumbria *Highmoor, Oxfordshire Northern Ireland * Highmoor, County Londonderry, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland People *Highmoor (family) :''see also Highmoor (other)'' Highmoor is a family name with historic links to the similar name of '' Highmore'' Traditionally, Highmoors/Highmores have been known to inhabit the English side of the England-Scotland border regions. T ... See also * Highmore {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highmoor, Oxfordshire
Highmoor is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, about west of Henley-on-Thames. The parish includes the hamlet of Satwell. The Grade II Listed Church of England parish church of Saint Paul at Highmoor Cross was designed by the architect Joseph Morris of Reading and built by Robert Owthwaite of Henley-on-Thames in 1859 as a chapel of ease by the vicar of Rotherfield Peppard to cater for the wider rural population of the parish. Highmoor later became a separate parish but the church was closed by a pastoral order in June 2012 as a result of a dwindling congregation. The church was then put up for sale by the Diocese of Oxford. Highmoor has two public houses: the Dog and Duck near Highmoor Cross and the Rising Sun at Witheridge Hill. Both are owned by the local Brakspear Brewery W.H. Brakspear & Sons Ltd. is a brewer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Since the closure of its original brewery in Henley-on-Thames in 2002, most of its beers have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highmoor (family)
:''see also Highmoor (other)'' Highmoor is a family name with historic links to the similar name of '' Highmore'' Traditionally, Highmoors/Highmores have been known to inhabit the English side of the England-Scotland border regions. The family crests feature either 3 or 4 moorcocks sable, beaked and membered gules with later variations to the same. The Highmoor/Highmore family can be divided into seven groups of which five left or had subgroups leave England. #Group One is the original group which lived in Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. This original group includes the Highmores who resided at Armathwaite Hall. Many have moved to other parts of the UK including Devonshire and Dorset. #Group Two is the Dorset group, from whom emerged the Newfoundland Highmore family. Others remained in Dorset with some moving to London, England. #Group Three is the Newfoundland group, who migrated to Canada. #Group Four is the Australian group, who migrated to Australia directly fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |