Badgemore

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Badgemore is the site of an ancient manor situated West of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

History

William the Conqueror gave Henry de Ferrers a considerable number of manors including Badgemore in Oxfordshire.[1] In the early 19th century the house passed to a Mr Charles Lane[2] and later that century it was acquired by a Mr Richard Ovey, who was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.[3] In 1884 Ovey commissioned John Norton to re-model and enlarge the house.[4]

Ovey leased Badgemore to Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Clanwilliam who received a visit from Carola, Queen of Saxony there in April 1905.[5] Clanwilliam died at Badgemore in August 1907.[6] The house is now a serviced office facility within the grounds of a golf club.[7]

References

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  2. Gardner's Directory, 1852
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26606. p. 1455. 12 March 1895. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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  6. Heathcote, p. 17
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Sources

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