Description

Over 900 years ago, Henry I enclosed his royal hunting park at Woodstock with a stone wall, creating one of England’s earliest enclosed royal parks (now called Blenheim). From these Norman beginnings grew a remarkable story that embraces far more than the history of Blenheim Palace alone.
This richly illustrated book traces the evolution of the Royal Park, Woodstock and the surrounding villages, exploring their royal associations, changing landscape, local crafts and trades, natural history, and the people whose lives have shaped this unique corner of Oxfordshire. Together they tell the story of a landscape that has continually evolved while remaining at the heart of England’s history.