Kelmscott
Coordinates: 51°41′42″N 1°38′17″W / 51.695°N 1.638°W
| Kelmscott | |
 Kelmscott
Kelmscott shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 101 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU2499 |
| Civil parish | Kelmscott |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lechlade |
| Postcode district | GL7 |
| Dialling code | 01367 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Kelmscott Village |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.
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[edit] Parish church
The nave of the Church of England parish church of Saint George was built in about 1190 in the transitional style between Norman and Early English, and the chancel is probably of the same date.[2] The building has transepts that were added in about 1260.[2] The clerestory of the nave was added in the 15th century.[2] Many of the windows of the nave and chancel are Perpendicular Gothic additions, including the east window of the chancel.[2]
In the churchyard is the tomb of William Morris, designed by Philip Webb. Morris featured the church in his novel News from Nowhere, when in the final part of the book the Guest is taken there for the feast.[citation needed]
[edit] Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor is a Cotswold stone house, built in about 1570 during the Great Rebuilding of England and extended late in the 17th century.[2] It was the country home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. He drew great inspiration from the unspoilt authenticity of the house's architecture and craftsmanship, and its organic relationship with its setting.[citation needed] Kelmscott Manor now belongs to the Society of Antiquaries of London.[3]
Morris renamed his London town house Kelmscott House in honour of Kelmscott when he purchased it in April 1879 and named his private press, which he started in 1891, Kelmscott Press.
[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d73ec370d62b6f4444bc01a4cf1c94ffa8?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790500&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=true&nswid=1020. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 665
- ^ Kelmscott Manor
[edit] Sources
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 665–667. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
[edit] External links
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