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Cogges Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cogges

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Cogges history

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Cogges manor is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was for many years held by the De Grey family. It passed through inheritance to Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell who was attainted in 1485, and the manor seized by the Crown. In 1543, it passed to Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford. After the Civil War, the estate was granted to Sir Francis Henry Lee of Ditchley, who sold it to the Blake family.

Parish church

St. Mary’s parish church had been established by the second half of the 11th century. The walls of the nave are Romanesque and may be either late Saxon or early Norman. The south aisle was added late in the 12th century and the chancel was enlarged in the middle of the 13th Century. The Decorated Gothic north aisle and adjoining bell tower were built in about 1350. The windows of the north chapel were decorated with stained glass depicting the heraldry of the de Grey family.

Benedictine priory

A priory of the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp was founded at Cogges in 1103. In 1441 Henry VI seized the priory and its estates and gave them to Eton College. The priory fell into disrepair but the remains of a 13th-century building have survived in an altered form. Early in the 17th century a wing was added to the surviving building to make it a farmhouse.

Manor Farm

Cogges Manor Farm House is a 16th- and 17th-century house built around the remains of one wing of a manor house that originated in the 12th century. Oxfordshire County Council bought the house and converted it into a museum in 1974.

You can visit Cogges places with Walkfo Cogges to hear history at Cogges’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cogges has 20 places to visit in our interactive Cogges map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cogges, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cogges places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cogges & the surrounding areas.

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20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Cogges places to visit

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Cogges has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cogges’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cogges’s information audio spots:

Witney Town F.C. Witney Town A.F. was a football club based in Witney, Oxfordshire. The club dissolved while playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division, 2012–13 season.

Madley Park Madley Park is a district on Madley Brook, a small tributary of the River Windrush in Witney, Oxfordshire. It comprises housing, schools and a community centre.

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