Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - Church, Red Lion, red VW Beetle - postcard c.70s

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  • Picture / Image:  The Parish Church and Red Lion Hotel, Henley-on-Thames [Oxfordshire] - shows a red VW Beetle with white mud guards and other cars
  • Publisher: Dennis (H.1828L)
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Henley-on-Thames (/ˌhɛnli-/ (About this soundlisten) HEN-lee) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Reading, 7 miles (11 km) west of Maidenhead and 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oxford, near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The population at the 2011 Census was 11,619.[1]

Landmarks and structures

Henley Bridge over the River Thames

Henley Bridge is a five arched bridge across the river built in 1786. It is a Grade I listed historic structure. During 2011 the bridge underwent a £200,000 repair programme after being hit by the boat Crazy Love in August 2010.[6] About a mile upstream of the bridge is Marsh Lock.[citation needed]

Henley Bridge, engraved in 1812 from a drawing by J. P. Neale, and published in The Beauties of England and Wales

Chantry House is the second Grade I listed building in the town. It is unusual in having more storeys on one side than on the other.[7]

Chantry House, next to the church

The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin is nearby and has a 16th-century tower.[citation needed]

The Old Bell is a pub in the centre of Henley. The building has been dated from 1325: the oldest-dated building in the town.[8]

To celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee,[which?] 60 oak trees were planted in the shape of a Victoria Cross near Fairmile, the long straight road to the northwest of the town.[9]

Two notable buildings just outside Henley, in Buckinghamshire, are:

Fawley Court, a red-brick building designed by Christopher Wren for William Freeman (1684) with subsequent interior remodelling by James Wyatt and landscaping by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.

Greenlands, which took its present form when owned by W. H. Smith and is now home to Henley Business School[citation needed]