If you are on the lookout for a decent friendly well priced family Bed and Breakfast, Henley on Thames Oxfordshire is the location we situated in. We can provide an overnight stay in a superb clean premises that is situated within a close distance to the town, we are more than happy to accept advance room bookings and will happily talk about your requirements via the phone or by email. Our nicely presented Henley on Thames Oxfordshire guest house offers an extremly friendly atmosphere and we are pretty sure that if you should you need to visit the Oxfordshire area in the near future you would happily visit us again, we offer some of the best guest house accommodation Henley on Thames Oxfordshire can provide and keep our fees as competitively priced as possible.
Our rooms are well presented and tidy, if you have any specific requirements that you wish to ask us about please feel free to contact us.
Henley-on-Thames: Medieval Port of Call
The first recorded medieval settlement at this location, 10 miles downstream in northeast from Reading well, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead, was recorded in 1179 when King Henry II purchased the land at this point on the river as a source for timber to be transported to London for the purpose of making buildings. In 1199, King John granted the matter in town of Henley to Robert Harcourt. The first mention of a church in Henley was 1204. Harcourt was an obvious favorite in the court of King John since he received a one “paviage grant” to pursue the creation of different transportation routes throughout the area that would grant access to the town port on the River Thames. It remained basically a small working village transporting timber and grain down the river. The first bridge was built across the river in 1234 and in 1278 it was described in court documents as a “hamlet of Benson with a chapel.”
Fondness of a King
Henry VIII incorporated the area as Henley-on-Thames in 1568. Its easy access location to London made planning retreat here quite popular with British royalty. William III on his march to London in 1688 rested at Fawley Court where he received word from English lords that he was to become crowned king. William’s resting place is a popular museum today.
Yachting on the Thames
It was in 1839 that the now world-famous Henley Royal Regatta (named in 1851) first began. It was popularized around the world when Prince Albert became its first world patron. The annual staging of the regatta has definitely put this once sleepy little English hamlet on the map of many young enthusiasts worldwide.