Edgcote

[5] The manor house is built of local ironstone with dressings of fine grey stone.

[5] Features include a carved mahogany staircase, and a drawing room decorated in a Chinese style.

[6] In the October 1642 Charles I abandoned Shrewsbury as his temporary headquarters after the battle of Wem, and made for Oxford/London.

[12] His son William Henry Chauncy caused the village of Edgcote to be resited to improve his view sometime before 1788.

The estate then passed to his unmarried sister Anna Maria Chauncy and from her to Thomas Carter, Richard Chauncy’s great-nephew, and from him to a distant cousin, Julia Frances Aubrey, who was married to William Cartwright.

The 1,700-acre (690 ha) park was laid out in the 18th century and features a lake fed by the River Cherwell and the remains of a Roman villa.

[16] They are followed by four monuments to 17th and 18th century members of the family carved by the Flemish sculptor John Michael Rysbrack.

[17] St. James' parish is a member of the Benefice of Culworth with Sulgrave and Thorpe Mandeville and Chipping Warden with Edgcote and Moreton Pinkney.

Edgcote (also spelt as Edgecote) Hall [ 4 ]
The Eve of the Battle of Edgehill by Charles Landseer , 1845. Charles I (in blue sash) holding a council of war at Edgecote on the day before the Battle of Edgehill . Rupert, seated, commanded the King's cavalry.