Lower Assendon is a village in the Assendon valley in the
Chiltern Hills, about northwest of
Henley-on-Thames in
South Oxfordshire
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,
England
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. The road between Henley and
Wallingford passes the village. It was made into a
turnpike
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* A type of gate, another word for a turnstile
* In the United States, a toll road
Turnpike may also refer to:
Roads United Kingdom
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in 1736 and ceased to be a turnpike in 1873. It is now classified the
A4130
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. The village has a
public house
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, The Golden Ball, that is now a
gastropub
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Etymology
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.
Henley Park is just east of the village. It was a
medieval deer park and in 1300 became part of the
manor of Henley. In the
Georgian era the park was converted into a
landscape garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...
with ''"beautiful inclosures descending in natural waving slopes from the house."''
[Emery, 1974, page 131] Fairmile Cemetery, on a hillside southwest of the village, belongs to Henley Town Council.
References
Sources
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External links
Assendon e-Museum
Villages in Oxfordshire
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