Museums · West Midlands
Stonor
Stonor — a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Oswald Bertram — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Stonor is a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Stonor is a museum located in the West Midlands. It is known for its extensive collection of artefacts and exhibits that reflect the region's history and culture. The site is recognised for its educational value and community engagement.
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Background
History
For most of its history Stonor was called Upper Assendon and was a hamlet in an exclave of Pyrton parish. In 1896 the detached part was made into a new civil parish of Stonor, named after the adjacent country house at Stonor Park. Stonor was merged with neighbouring Pishill in 1922 to become a new civil parish called Pishill with Stonor. At the 1921 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Stonor had a population of 176. During and after the English Reformation the Stonor family and many other local gentry were recusants. In 1581 the Jesuit priests Edmund Campion and Robert Parsons lived and worked at Stonor Park, and on 4 August 1581 a raid on the house found a press on…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6020, -0.9390
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Pishill with Stonor
- Postcode
- RG9 6HQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Official site
- www.southoxon.gov.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Stonor (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stonor?
- Stonor is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.6020°, -0.9390°.
- Is Stonor wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Stonor. Check ahead for specific facilities.