Cornbury Park
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Cornbury Park was a former Royal estate used for hunting. It is located near the Wychwood
forest in Oxfordshire. A two story, eleven bay 17th century house stands in the grounds.
sections of the Domesday book
as a “demesne forest of the king” which was used for the hunting of deer.
Wychwood
The Wychwood, or Wychwood Forest, is an area now covering a small part of rural Oxfordshire. In past centuries the forest covered a much larger area, since cleared in favour of agriculture, villages and towns. However, the forest's area has fluctuated...
forest in Oxfordshire. A two story, eleven bay 17th century house stands in the grounds.
History
The park is first mentioned in the OxfordshireOxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
sections of the Domesday book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as a “demesne forest of the king” which was used for the hunting of deer.