The last time I was up there (some years ago now) Nuneham Courtenay house was occupied by a religious group who use it as a retreat. They are happy to let you visit the graveyard and church (the older one that is) in their grounds if you ask nicely. As I understood it the new church (in the village) is owned by Oxford University which uses it as an overspill store for books that it can't fit in the Bodleian. If anyone wants to find out some history of the Nuneham Courtenay estate there is an excellent article by Mavis Batey which you can access here: http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1968/batey.pdf Like others it would be great to get access to the estate papers to follow up my interest in PITSONs, but the Bodleian is not an easy place to get into (other than the gift shop). There is also a book (out of print I think) called "The Deserted Village, The Diary of an Oxfordshire Rector JAMES NEWTON of Nuneham Courtenay 1736-86" by Gavin HANNAH, ISBN 0-7509-0205-1 which gives a little bit of a picture of early life on the estate. Cheers Brian Brown -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Sent: 13 October 2011 07:49 To: 'Alexandra'; oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Lord Harcourt - alexandra Thanks Alexandra - I will certainly do that - thanks for replying, 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 Alexandra Sent: Friday, 7 October 2011 9:52 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Lord Harcourt Hello Lyn, I did a quick search and according to wikipedia, the house is currently owned by Oxford University. I would send an email to them to see if they have any record of your grandfather. Alexandra. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn" <treehouse152@gmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 5:10 PM Subject: [OXF] Lord Harcourt > > Good Morning all, > > Talking about "Harcourt" on the list at present........... > > Could anyone please give me any advice as to where - if possible - can I > search (electronically) for information about the staff of Lord Harcourt > from approx 1895 to 1930's ? > My grandfather (KITCHING Charles Edward Victor) was a gamesman / grounds > man > for Lord Harcourt (at Nuneham Courtney?) , and I believe 'lived on' the > estate premises at some stage. > > I had on my list 'to do' in the near future, to write to the estate, and > see what I could find out - but if there is any way I can do any online > investigation it would be of tremendous help, > > Kind regards to all, > 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 Jill Muir > Sent: Thursday, 6 October 2011 5:51 PM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] Researching at the Bodleian (Stanton Harcourt, 1700s) > > Hi Heather, Greetings from Kingston Bagpuize. > > Your Lady Harcourt was Mrs Gasgoinge and was Lord Harcourt's daughter who > has now joined her ancestors. VCH shows that All Souls and Exeter > Colleges > archives hold details as well as the Bodleian. > > Stephanie has on her excellent website: > http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/postcards/stanton_harcourt.htm > > > My best wishes, Jill > See website for 3 lines of JONES, KNIGHT and DAVIES > http://www.muirfamily-genealogy-online.co.uk/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1522/3948 - Release Date: 10/12/11