I have driven through Nuneham Courtney & it is a small village. A major part of the village is taken up with the Arboretum of Oxford University which is open to the public. Perhaps, this area forms part of the grounds of the estate you are enquiring about. The Google information is as follows In order to trace the history of the Arboretum we need to turn for a moment to the family who created it, the Harcourt family. In 1835 Archbishop Harcourt instructed William Sawrey Gilpin to design and plant a Pinetum. This was the first step in creating the Harcourt Arboretum. The Arboretum has been part of the University since 1963. Today many visitors come to the Arboretum to enjoy a unique blend of Garden and Nature - the transition from one to the other being almost imperceptible. Six miles south of Oxford on the A4074 is the Harcourt Arboretum. This is an integral part of the plant collection of the Botanic Garden. There are no walls, glasshouses or straight lines at the Arboretum - it is almost as if it were designed to be the antidote to the formality of the Botanic Garden in central Oxford. In May and June the Arboretum is ablaze with azaleas and rhododendrons and in October the Japanese maples can brighten even the dullest day. But there is more. In spring there is a quintessentially English 10-acre woodland and in summer a 37-acre meadow full of wild flowers. The Arboretum is a magical place to spend a day at any time of year. Penny Courtney Hampshire UK ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

Dear Penny, Thank you so much for giving me such information - a graphical picture of Nuneham Courtney as it is today. I am so sorry that I didn't get a chance to visit it during my visit earlier in the year when my mother passed away - but it will certainly be on the list next time around. Thanks again, and I've printed off the information to keep in granddads information for further reference as I continue investigating. Cheers Lyn Lyn Rumble Rushworth, Victoria 3612, Australia e: treehouse152@gmail.com w: http://ironbarkstudio.wordpress.com -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Penny Courtney Sent: Saturday, 8 October 2011 6:14 AM To: Alexandra; oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Lord Harcourt I have driven through Nuneham Courtney & it is a small village. A major part of the village is taken up with the Arboretum of Oxford University which is open to the public. Perhaps, this area forms part of the grounds of the estate you are enquiring about. The Google information is as follows In order to trace the history of the Arboretum we need to turn for a moment to the family who created it, the Harcourt family. In 1835 Archbishop Harcourt instructed William Sawrey Gilpin to design and plant a Pinetum. This was the first step in creating the Harcourt Arboretum. The Arboretum has been part of the University since 1963. Today many visitors come to the Arboretum to enjoy a unique blend of Garden and Nature - the transition from one to the other being almost imperceptible. Six miles south of Oxford on the A4074 is the Harcourt Arboretum. This is an integral part of the plant collection of the Botanic Garden. There are no walls, glasshouses or straight lines at the Arboretum - it is almost as if it were designed to be the antidote to the formality of the Botanic Garden in central Oxford. In May and June the Arboretum is ablaze with azaleas and rhododendrons and in October the Japanese maples can brighten even the dullest day. But there is more. In spring there is a quintessentially English 10-acre woodland and in summer a 37-acre meadow full of wild flowers. The Arboretum is a magical place to spend a day at any time of year. Penny Courtney Hampshire UK ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message