Dorney Court is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house and is situated in the village of Dorney which lies on a slight rise in the Thames floodplain, Dorney means Island of Bumble Bees and the estate is renowned for its honey which is still produced to this day. The house has changed little since [...]
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Hurley 2017
Dorney Court and its Recusancy Connections
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2017
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Hurley Priory
Hurley Priory, located on the banks of the River Thames was founded in 1086 by Geoffrey Mandeville I as a cell of Westminster Abbey. After declaring himself head of the English Church, Henry VIII suppressed the priory in 1536 and ownership was transferred to Westminster Abbey. When in 1540 Westminster Abbey was dissolved Hurley Priory [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2017
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Ye Olde Bell
On my recent visit to the Olde Bell in Hurley I noticed some information above a wooden panel next to the fireplace. I was intrigued by it and took a closer look. The photo and words informed that a passage runs from the cellar of the Olde Bell to the Village Priory and the passage [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2017
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Faith, Recusancy and Priest Holes
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Update 25/07/23 – I still need to write the intro
People:
Imprisoned – John Gerard, Catholic Priest, 1597
John Gerard’s story [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
There has been a church on this site for a thousand years, standing in the very centre of the ancient walled city of Oxford.
In the early thirteenth century the University began to develop as scholars and teachers, with their classes of scholars, moved into small halls of residence here. They needed a central meeting place and [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2015
