Stanton Harcourt is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about 4 miles southeast of Witney and about 6 miles west of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Sutton, 1⁄2 mile north of the villag
St Michael's parish church, with Pope's Tower in the background on the left
Shrine of St Edburg in St Michael's parish church, salvaged from Bicester Priory
Former village shop and sub-post office
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death.
Stanton Harcourt
…First & Last Mile buses provide a daytime bus service 418 giving a two-hourly service to Standlake, Eynsham, Freeland, and Long Hanborough. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, who was Archbishop of York 1807–47, is buried here. "Stanton Harcourt". WW2 Airfields of Oxfordshire…
Portrait by Thomas Phillips
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence. C. 1823, on display at Sudbury Hall
His sister Elizabeth, Countess Harcourt and their first cousins, the 2nd and 3rd Earl Harcourt. C. 1780, By Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The residence of the Archbishops of York: Bishopthorpe Palace (viewed from the Ouse in 1995)