Pishill with Stonor
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Pishill with Stonor is a civil parish in South Oxfordshire
. It includes the villages of Pishill
(Ordnance Survey
grid reference SU727899) and Stonor
(OS Grid ref. SU737886), and the hamlets of Maidensgrove
and Russell's Water
. Pishill with Stonor was formed by the merger of the separate civil parishes of Pishill and Stonor (until 1896 a detached part of the parish of Pyrton
) in 1922.
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford....
. It includes the villages of Pishill
Pishill
Pishill is a hamlet in Pishill with Stonor civil parish about north of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire. It is in the Stonor valley in the Chiltern Hills about above sea level.-History:...
(Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
grid reference SU727899) and Stonor
Stonor
Stonor Park is a private park and historic country house at Stonor, about north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire.-Setting:...
(OS Grid ref. SU737886), and the hamlets of Maidensgrove
Maidensgrove
Maidensgrove is a hamlet above the Stonor valley in the Chiltern Hills, adjacent to Russell's Water common. It is about northwest of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, England....
and Russell's Water
Russell's Water
Russell’s Water is a hamlet about north of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire. It is in the Chiltern Hills about above sea level.There is 20th century and older housing, a village hall, an area of common land called Russell's Water Common to the east and a large duck pond that featured in the...
. Pishill with Stonor was formed by the merger of the separate civil parishes of Pishill and Stonor (until 1896 a detached part of the parish of Pyrton
Pyrton
Pyrton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about north of the small town of Watlington and south of Thame.The toponym is from Old English meaning "pear-tree farm".-Archaeology:...
) in 1922.