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Stratton Audley
Stratton Audley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Manor The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Robert D'Oyly held five Hide (unit), hides of land at Stratton. Like many D'Oyly Manorialism, manors, Stratton later became part of the Honour of Wallingford. The Honour of Wallingford became part of the Earl of Cornwall#Earls of Cornwall, 7th creation (1225), Earldom of Cornwall and thence in the 15th century a number of former Wallingford manors became part of the William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Duke of Suffolk's Honour of Ewelme. The Audley family became tenants of the manor by marriage in 1244 and built a moated castle there by 1263. Stratton remained in the Audley family until Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Hugh Audley, Earl of Gloucester died in 1347 leaving the manor to his daughter Margaret, wife of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. The castle does not survive, but its remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godington
Godington is a village and civil parish about northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The parish is bounded on all but the west side by a brook called the Birne, which at this point forms also the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The parish was included in the figures of Stratton Audley for the purposes of the United Kingdom Census 2011. Manor The village was first settled by the Saxons. Its toponym is derived from Old English: either ''Gōdan dūn'' (the hill of Goda) or ''Gōdinga dūn'' (Goda's people).Lobel, 1959, pages 146–152 Before the Norman conquest of England two Saxons, Siward and Siwate, held the Manor of Godington, but the Domesday Book records that by 1086 a Norman called Richard Puingiant held it. He also held the manor of Middleton Stoney, and Godington was held as part of the latter manor for some centuries thereafter. By the middle of the 12th century the manor of Godington was held by Richard de Camville, who gave Poodle Farm in the parish to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |