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About Yarnton

An interesting feature of Yarnton is the beautiful old manor house, now home to the Oxfordshire Centre for Jewish and Hebrew Studies. The history of the manor goes back to Norman times, the Spencer family lived here from 1580 to 1712. Sir Thomas Spencer was responsible for transforming the manor into one of the largest Jacobean houses in England, building work took place in 1612 and the Spencer arms are visible above the porch.

The local church dates from the 13th-century, it has a fine Jacobean screen and when the church was enlarged during the 17th-century a graceful tower was added. The walled churchyard has graves and tombs of local landed gentry and noted townsfolk.

Yarnton lies in close proximity to Bladon where Sir Winston Churchill is buried, and is not too far from Blenheim Palace at Woodstock, his ancestral family home.

This interesting place makes an ideal base for exploring fine Oxfordshire and Cotswold villages which are crammed with wonderful gems from our nations historic past.

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Blenheim Palace

Woodstock (94 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire

(3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction NW of Yarnton)

Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever...

New College Gardens and City Wall, Oxford

Oxford (771 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire

(4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction SE of Yarnton)

Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II...

Abingdon Museum (Old Berkshire County Hall), Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon (98 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction S of Yarnton)

Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...

Old Minster Lovell Streetscape

Minster Lovell (24 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction W of Yarnton)

Minster Lovell, in its beautiful dream-like setting against the gently rising Cotswold landscape, has a history stretching back to Saxon times...

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Clifton Hampden (28 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SE of Yarnton)

This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....

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View inside the inner courtyard at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Blenheim Palace (258 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction NW)

Home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace has been awarded Historic Attraction of the Year 2002 and is birthplace of.....

A picture of University Museum of Natural History

University Museum of Natural History (7 Pictures)

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

Opened in 1860 as a home for the teaching of natural science in Oxford. The Museum, with its glass-roofed court, naturalistic.....

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Pitt Rivers Museum (2 Pictures)

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

An impressive storehouse filled with the richest examples of human creativity and imagination. Masks peer down from the high.....

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Ashmolean Museum (1 Pictures)

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction SE)

Built in 1845 as the university Galleries, this Museum became home to the Ashmolean collection in 1894. The museums present.....

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Botanic Gardens of Oxford (7 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SE)

Situated on the banks of the River Cherwell is the peaceful settings of the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Oxford. The gardens are.....

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The Kilns (23 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction SE)

C S Lewis' former home known today throughout the world as the Kilns was built in 1922. The area surrounding it was in fact a.....

Distant views of Cowley, Oxfordshire.

Shotover Country Park (52 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction SE)

Shotover Country Park covers 117 hectares on the southern slopes of Shotover Hill, and is very popular with walkers, joggers, dog.....


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