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HARDWICK and YELFORD
Nearby is Cokethorpe Park which is now occupied by Cokethorpe School, an independent, coeducational day school. In the grounds of the school is the former Hardwick parish church, St. Mary's, which is now the school chapel. For the history and full information about St. Mary's Church click here. Hardwick is about 2.5 miles south-east of Witney.
The manor house is a timber-framed building with a moat. It was altered in about 1600, when a first floor was inserted in what until then had been the great hall and a great stone chimneystack was added. In the 1970s the house was described as "The best, and certainly the most picturesque, large timber-framed house in the county." Yelford is about 3 miles south of Witney and 1.5 miles south-west of Hardwick. |
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