Iffley

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  • 941

    Chronicles of Abingdon Abbey

    Called 'Gifteleia'
  • 1086

    Domesday Book - Givetelei

    The Norman Lord holding the manor from the time of William I was Earl Aubrey. At Domesday the manor at Givetelei is recorded as having amongst other assets, a fishery and two acres of coppice. The manor is recorded as comprising 14 villeins (tenants holding their land in return for agricultural labour) 6 borders (smallholders who had cleared woodland or waste ground at the edge of the settlement) and 5 serfs (unfree peasants obliged to work for the local lord).
  • Period: 1100 to 1200

    Mill Built

    Iffley Mill built
  • Church built
    1170

    Church built

    Robert St. Remy builds church in Iffley
  • 1279

    Hundred Rolls

    For the whole manor, about 80 families: about 10 freemen, about 36 villeins, and 30 or more cottagers. For the village itself there seem to be three or four freemen's families and 25 or more unfree households.
  • 1290

    Merton College Records

    Called 'Iftele' and 'Yeftley'
  • 1349

    Plague

    The black death renders many properties vacant
  • 1393

    Manor becomes Donnington Hospital

    Sir Richard Abberbury was licensed to found the Hospital of Donnington, on his manor there, and to endow it with Iffley manor. From then on the manor belonged to the hospital
  • 1475

    Vicarage Ordained

    Iffley Vicarage ordained, to help neglectful priests attend their duties
  • 1514

    Charles Brandon granted Donnington Manor

    Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, granted Donnington Manor
  • 1517

    Domesday of Inclosures

    Called 'Yeftley'
  • 1535

    Donnington Manor sold to King

    Charles Brandon sells Donnington Manor to the King
  • Period: 1535 to

    David Lewis leased Iffley

    David Lewis, first principal of Jesus College, leased Iffley, then passed to his son John Lewis
  • 1543

    Lincoln College Accounts

    Called 'Ifley', 'Iffley' and 'Iflie'

  • Hospital dissolved

    Hospital found 'have no useful purpose' and was dissolved.

  • Lock - Built

    Iffley Lock Built

  • Civil War

    Called 'Iffley'

  • Civil War - Siege of Oxford

    Parliamentarian troops are billeted in the village during the siege of Oxford

  • Lock - Rebuilt

    Lock rebuilt

  • Lock - Malcontents stop work

    Malcontents force the Lock and stop work for a week

  • Swing Rioters

    Special Constables were enrolled to stop the Swing Rioters, but an attack did not appear

  • Parish School Founded

    Parish school founded by the vicar

  • Infant School Founded

    Infant School founded by Vicar

  • School Closed for One Week

    School Closed for a week due to smallpox

  • Boys and Girls school amalgamated

    Boys and Girls school amalgamated due to unsatisfactory teaching

  • Mill burns down

    Iffley Mill burns down

  • Lock - Rebuilt

    Iffley Lock rebuilt due to flooding and opened by Lord Desborough, the then chairman of the Thames conservancy

  • Parish School Closed

    Parish School closed

  • Parish Hall

    Parish school becomes Parish Hall