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Coordinates: 51°41′42″N 1°38′17″W / 51.695°N 1.638°W / 51.695; -01.638

Kelmscott
Kelmscott  Kelmscott shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU2499
Parish	Kelmscott
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEchlade
Postcode district	GL7
Dialling code	01367
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.

Parish church

Parish church of St. George

The nave of the Church of England parish church of Saint George was built in about 1190 in the transitional style between Norman and Early English, and the chancel is probably of the same date.^[1] The building has transepts that were added in about 1260.^[1] The clerestorey of the nave was added in the 15th century.^[1] Many of the windows of the nave and chancel are additions in the Perpendicular Gothic style, including the east window of the chancel.^[1]

In the churchyard is the tomb of William Morris, designed by Philip Webb. Morris featured the church in his novel News from Nowhere, when in the final part of the book the Guest is taken there for the feast.

Kelmscott Manor

Kelmscott Manor is a Cotswold stone house, built in about 1570 and extended late in the 17th century.^[1] It was the country home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. He drew great inspiration from the unspoilt authenticity of the house's architecture and craftsmanship, and its organic relationship with its setting. Kelmscott Manor now belongs to the Society of Antiquaries of London.^[2]

Morris renamed his London town house Kelmscott House in honour of Kelmscott when he purchased it in April 1879 and named his private press, which he started in 1891, Kelmscott Press.

Bibliography

• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 665–667. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.  

References

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