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'Nuneham Courtenay' is a village in Oxfordshire, England. It lies about five miles south-east of Oxford.
In the 1760s Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt demolished the old village in order to create a landscaped park around his new villa. He removed the village in its entirety, and recreated it along the main Oxford road (now the A4074). One elderly villager (Babs Wyatt) remained in her old house in the garden until her death, as a point of interest for Harcourt's visitors on their walks.
Nuneham House is a Palladian villa, built for the 1st Earl of Harcourt in 1756. It is currently used as a retreat centre by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. Its landscaped grounds were designed by Lancelot Capability Brown.
All Saints Old Church was built by the first Lord Harcourt after he had demolished the original village church. It was built as a domed Palladian temple overlooking the River Thames. Its entrance is at the west end; an Ionic portico was created to complement the landscaping of the park, and fronts a blank wall.
The Harcourt Arboretum lies just outside the village. This is part of the tree and plant collection of Oxford University's Oxford Botanic Garden. It occupies part of what were the grounds of Nuneham House. The arboretum includes ten acres of woodland, and a thirty-seven-acre wild-flower meadow.
The village is also home to the Bodleian Library's Nuneham Courtenay Book Repository, which houses one and a half million items selected from the University of Oxford's collections within what was the Victorian village church.
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★ Nuneham Courtenay Oxfordshire — from A Vision of Britain through Time
★ Nuneham Courtenay, All Saints Old Church — from the Churches Conservation Trust
★ Harcourt Arboretum — information from the Oxford Botanic Garden site
★ "View of Nuneham Courtenay from the Thames" (1787) — painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) at Tate Online
In the 1760s Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt demolished the old village in order to create a landscaped park around his new villa. He removed the village in its entirety, and recreated it along the main Oxford road (now the A4074). One elderly villager (Babs Wyatt) remained in her old house in the garden until her death, as a point of interest for Harcourt's visitors on their walks.
Nuneham House is a Palladian villa, built for the 1st Earl of Harcourt in 1756. It is currently used as a retreat centre by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. Its landscaped grounds were designed by Lancelot Capability Brown.
All Saints Old Church was built by the first Lord Harcourt after he had demolished the original village church. It was built as a domed Palladian temple overlooking the River Thames. Its entrance is at the west end; an Ionic portico was created to complement the landscaping of the park, and fronts a blank wall.
The Harcourt Arboretum lies just outside the village. This is part of the tree and plant collection of Oxford University's Oxford Botanic Garden. It occupies part of what were the grounds of Nuneham House. The arboretum includes ten acres of woodland, and a thirty-seven-acre wild-flower meadow.
The village is also home to the Bodleian Library's Nuneham Courtenay Book Repository, which houses one and a half million items selected from the University of Oxford's collections within what was the Victorian village church.
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Sources and external links
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★ Nuneham Courtenay Oxfordshire — from A Vision of Britain through Time
★ Nuneham Courtenay, All Saints Old Church — from the Churches Conservation Trust
★ Harcourt Arboretum — information from the Oxford Botanic Garden site
★ "View of Nuneham Courtenay from the Thames" (1787) — painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) at Tate Online
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