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Nuneham Courtenay |
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Village History |
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Nuneham Courtenay is an unusual village of small, mainly semi-detached, single storey, and very uniform cottages which line each side of the main road. The village is five miles south east of Oxford on the A4074 . The cottages are mainly semi-detached single storey dwellings, brick built with tiled roofs and dormers in the attic and shutters to the windows on the ground floor. The name 'Nuneham' means 'new village' and the 'Courtenay' part of the name comes from the Curtenay Family, who lived here in the thirteenth century.
Carfax Conduit The ornately carved Carfax Conduit stands on the hill overlooking the Thames. This stone cistern was moved here in 1786 having once stood at Carfax in the centre of Oxford dispensing fresh water from a reservoir outside the city.
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Can you see the Milkman with his horse and cart, delivery the milk (click on photo to enlarge) |
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| The village was originally listed as 'Newham' in the Domesday Book. It was originally inside Nuneham Park and consisted of pretty white cottages scattered around a piece of water and shaded by a number of fine trees. However in 1760 the whole village was rebuilt and relocated on the main road because the 1st Earl of Harcourt thought the existing medieval cottages spoiled the view from his new house and landscaped park. |
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Nuneham HouseNuneham House itself 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 the cottages are listed as are many of the buildings and features in Nuneham Park, and the whole village and the park are in a conservation area. |
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