Editing Culham (section)

==Manor==
The [[Toponymy|toponym]] comes from the [[Old English]] ''Cula's hamm'', referring to the village's position in a bend of the Thames. Culham is known to have existed by the reign of King [[Coenwulf of Mercia]] early in the 9th century, by which time the [[manorialism|manor]] belonged to [[Abingdon Abbey]]. Soon after the [[Norman conquest of England]] part of the manor was seized by [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]], but the land was restored to the abbey and remained in its possession until the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] in 1538.<ref name=Lobel>Lobel, Mary 1962, pp. 27-39</ref> 

The west wing of Culham Manor was built in the 15th century as a [[medieval]] grange for [[Abingdon Abbey]]. It is [[Timber framing#The English tradition|half-timbered]], with a stone ground floor and timber-framed first floor. In 1610 it was extended with a new north front and east wing. The east wing was later demolished but the 17th-century north front survives.<ref name=Lobel/> The house is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II* Listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1285637 |desc=Culham Manor |grade=II* |access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> In 1685 a [[dovecote]] was built for the manor house. It, too, is now Grade II* listed.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1059793 |desc=Dovecote approximately 75 metres west of Culham Manor, the Green |grade=II* |fewer-links=yes |access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> North of the house is a 17th-century sundial mounted on a 13th-century column.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1059793 |desc=Sundial approximately 30 metres north east of Culham Manor, the Green |grade=II |fewer-links=yes  |access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref>