Cornbury Park

Reservoir in Cornbury Park

Cornbury Park is an estate near Charlbury, Oxfordshire. It comprises about 5000 acres, mostly farmland and woods, including a remnant of the Wychwood Forest, and was the original venue for the Cornbury Music Festival and later the Wilderness Festival.^[1]

History[]

Crowds at the 2007 Cornbury Music Festival

Cornbury used to be a royal hunting estate. The park is first mentioned in the Domesday book as a "demesne forest of the king",^[2] which was used for the hunting of deer.^[3]

Cornbury House[]

Cornbury House is a two-storey, eleven-bay Grade I listed English country house.^[4] Built in the late 16th century, it was enlarged and altered several times, first in 1632-33 by Nicholas Stone for Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby.^[4] The frontage was by the mason and sculptor Timothy Strong.^[5] Further alterations were carried out in 1663-77 by Hugh May^[4] who built the east front, the stables, and the chapel (1663–68)^[6] for Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. In 1901-6, John Belcher removed addition of c. 1850, and altered the house further for . Belcher's work was mostly demolished c. 1972.^[4]

Current use[]

Cornbury Park is currently the home of Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick, a Conservative hereditary peer who runs it as a business. Cayzer has developed business units for rental there, and for several years sponsored the Cornbury Music Festival and later the Wilderness Festival there.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Koenig, Chris (18 November 2010). "Profile: Cornbury Park". Oxford Times. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
^ Darby, H. C. (1986). Domesday England. Cambridge University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-521-31026-0.
^ Mileson, S.A. (2009). Parks in medieval England (1. publ. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956567-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Listing Text
^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1859 by Rupert Gunnis
^ John Bold, May, Hugh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 3 September 2014

External links[]

Cornbury Park

Coordinates: 51°51′43″N 1°29′38″W / 51.862°N 1.494°W / 51.862; -1.494

[Koenig-1] Koenig, Chris (18 November 2010). "Profile: Cornbury Park". Oxford Times. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

[2] Darby, H. C. (1986). Domesday England. Cambridge University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-521-31026-0.

[3] Mileson, S.A. (2009). Parks in medieval England (1. publ. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956567-2.

[britishlistedbuildings-4] Listing Text

[5] Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1859 by Rupert Gunnis

[6] John Bold, May, Hugh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 3 September 2014

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