Badgemore

Badgemore is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Bix and Assendon and Rotherfield Greys, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, west of Henley-on-Thames.

Badgemore
Pastures at Badgemore
Badgemore Location within Oxfordshire
Civil parish	Bix and Assendon Rotherfield Greys
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.54232°N 0.92452°W / 51.54232; -0.92452

History

William the Conqueror gave Henry de Ferrers a considerable number of manors including Badgemore in Oxfordshire.^[1] In the early 19th century the house passed to a Mr Charles Lane^[2] and later that century it was acquired by a Mr Richard Ovey, who was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.^[3] In 1884 Ovey commissioned John Norton to re-model and enlarge the house.^[4]

Ovey leased Badgemore to Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Clanwilliam who received a visit from Carola, Queen of Saxony there in April 1905.^[5] Clanwilliam died at Badgemore in August 1907.^[6] The house is now a serviced office facility within the grounds of a golf club.^[7]

On 31 December 1894 Badgemore became a separate civil parish, being formed from part of Henley on Thames, on 1 April 1952 the parish was abolished and merged with Bix and Rotherfield Greys.^[8] In 1951 the parish had a population of 172.^[9]