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Dorney
Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It borders the River Thames to the west and south, and is bisected by the Jubilee River. In 2011 it had a population of 752. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west of neighbouring Eton, which is a slightly larger parish.
It includes a Grade I listed manor house, Dorney Court, as well as the largest rowing lake in the south of England, Dorney Lake. Water accounts for 13% of the area of Dorney, the highest proportion in Buckinghamshire.
Dorney Manor was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and was famed for honey; it is named after the Saxon for "Island of Bees".
Dorney Court adjoins the centre of the village and has comparable grounds to other village-centre properties. It was, however, the manor house, so owned much of the land of the village until the late 18th century. It dates to the early Tudor period and is made from a timber frame with red brick. Its roof has original tiles. It has bold, star-shaped timbers and a large fireplace with panels from Faversham Abbey, Kent.
One account of its early history reveals that the then adjoining Boveney manor, at the southern end of the village of Burnham, had an oak tree cut down by an employee. He defended his conduct by declaring that at a court in Buckinghamshire previously found Dorney to be a royal manor and that the green was therefore common land, so it was legal to cut the tree down.
A notable owner was William Garrard, who bought Dorney Court in 1542; he was later Lord Mayor of London from 1555 to 1556). Major C. H. D. Palmer owned it in 1925, having been passed down by earlier Palmers since 1624. Until after 1925, the manor's family owned the rectory and maintained the church, a state of affairs which ended with the ending of all tithes in England and Wales.
The first pineapple in the UK was grown in Dorney Court, leading to a pub in the village being named The Pineapple. It is Grade II listed for its age, dating half to the 17th century and half to the 18th century.
In 1961, a cornfield in Dorney was the scene of a nationally reported abduction. A lone gunman, James Hanratty, abducted Valerie Storie and Michael Gregsten and forced them at gunpoint to drive to a lay-by at Maulden in Bedfordshire, where he shot and murdered Gregsten, raped Storie and shot her. She survived, paralysed.
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Dorney
Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It borders the River Thames to the west and south, and is bisected by the Jubilee River. In 2011 it had a population of 752. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west of neighbouring Eton, which is a slightly larger parish.
It includes a Grade I listed manor house, Dorney Court, as well as the largest rowing lake in the south of England, Dorney Lake. Water accounts for 13% of the area of Dorney, the highest proportion in Buckinghamshire.
Dorney Manor was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and was famed for honey; it is named after the Saxon for "Island of Bees".
Dorney Court adjoins the centre of the village and has comparable grounds to other village-centre properties. It was, however, the manor house, so owned much of the land of the village until the late 18th century. It dates to the early Tudor period and is made from a timber frame with red brick. Its roof has original tiles. It has bold, star-shaped timbers and a large fireplace with panels from Faversham Abbey, Kent.
One account of its early history reveals that the then adjoining Boveney manor, at the southern end of the village of Burnham, had an oak tree cut down by an employee. He defended his conduct by declaring that at a court in Buckinghamshire previously found Dorney to be a royal manor and that the green was therefore common land, so it was legal to cut the tree down.
A notable owner was William Garrard, who bought Dorney Court in 1542; he was later Lord Mayor of London from 1555 to 1556). Major C. H. D. Palmer owned it in 1925, having been passed down by earlier Palmers since 1624. Until after 1925, the manor's family owned the rectory and maintained the church, a state of affairs which ended with the ending of all tithes in England and Wales.
The first pineapple in the UK was grown in Dorney Court, leading to a pub in the village being named The Pineapple. It is Grade II listed for its age, dating half to the 17th century and half to the 18th century.
In 1961, a cornfield in Dorney was the scene of a nationally reported abduction. A lone gunman, James Hanratty, abducted Valerie Storie and Michael Gregsten and forced them at gunpoint to drive to a lay-by at Maulden in Bedfordshire, where he shot and murdered Gregsten, raped Storie and shot her. She survived, paralysed.