June 23rd, 2024

Aynho - Adderbury - Rollright Stones

Wall Monument to Lady Rebecca (Chapman) Lytton d.1685
St Michael's Church,
Aynho
Painted Pipe Organ by Bevington & Sons, 1860
St Michael's Church,
Aynho
Wall Monument to Thomas Chapman of Londond.1682
St Michael's Church,
Aynho
1. Grisailled Glass (York Glass) by Powell & Sons
2. 'St Michael Defeating Satan'
in memory of Edward Meyrick Goulborn d.1897 by C.E.Kempe
3. Crucifixion, Last Supper and the Resurrection in memory of William Ralph Cartwright, Julia Francis Cartwright and Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey by Thomas Willement, 1857
4. 'The Annunciation' by C.E.Kempe
5. Grisailled Glass (York Glass) by Powell & Sons

St Michael's Church, Aynho
Carved frieze below the parapet, depicting grotesque faces, animals and musicians
St Mary the Virgin,
Adderbury
Rollright Stones
Long Compton, Oxfordshire

The King's Men Stone Circle erected around 3000 - 2200 BCE
Long Compton, Oxfordshire
The Whispering Knights Burial Chamber
Long Compton, Oxfordshire

The King's Stone

A King, wanting to conquer all of England arrived at the Rollright Stones
where he was confronted by a witch. She challenged the King with these words -

“Seven long strides shalt thou take And if Long Compton thou canst see,
King of England thou shalt be.”

Off went the King, shouting -

“Stick, stock, stone As King of England I shall be known.”

On his seventh stride the ground rose up before him hiding the view.
Thewitch laughed and declared -

“As Long Compton thou canst not see, King of England thou shalt not be.
Rise up stick and stand still stone For King of England thou shalt be none;
Thou and thy men hoar stones shall be, And I myself an eldern tree.”


Long Compton, Oxfordshire

View over Long Compton From The Rollright Stones
Four Shires Stone
Built in the C18th to replace a marker that stood on this site in 1675

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