These transcripts are by members of the Burford/Henley probate group.
Image: an 'improved' Kennet or Thames and Severn canal-type barge at Henley bridge (engraving c.1834)
The present-day Phyllis Court is a stuccoed, Italianate mansion house on Henley's northern edge, built in the early 1840s.
The diaries of Caroline Powys (1738-1817) are one of the most vibrant and entertaining sources for the social life of the gentry and aristocracy in
Image: handbill advertising winter services from the White Hart Inn (by John Alleway), 1717. Read more, or read Alleway's will
Until recent times, what buildings were constructed of was conditioned by what building materials were available locally.
First recorded as Le Herte in 1428-9, the White Hart was Henley's oldest functioning inn until its closure in 1996.
The buildings along Burford's main streets reflect the town's varied social character, which included gentry and professionals as well as shopkeepe
These now separate buildings were formerly the White Hart Inn, said to have been built and opened around 1615 by Richard Merywether. No.
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