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Here at Corn Croft's, we like to make our guests feel like at home.
If you are looking for a last minute break, weekend break or just in need of bed and breakfast accommodation conveniantly located near the Cotswolds then Corncroft Guest House is for you.
We have built our reputation on our excellent service and our friendly staff will really make you feel welcome!
We are located in a wonderful building which is only 2 minutes on foot from Witney town centre and close by to the Cotswolds making our bed and breakfast convienient to local attractions. Our accomodation comprises of nine bedrooms furnished with Queen Anne and Jacobian Style furniture. The property is situated in the market town of Witney, an old blanket manufacturing town in the Cotswolds. All rooms are en-suite with either individual showers, or a combination of bath and shower. Tea making facilities and flat screen television are available in each room. The dining room is spacious and can seat approximately 20 people offering full English or continental breakfasts. Breakfast times will be set but there will be flexibility if required.
In Corn Street, on the corner of the Crofts, the lovely old dwelling once known as 'Parliament House' stands, and there are two possible sources for this evocative name. In J.A. Giles' 'History of Witney', it is suggested that Witney is derived from the Anglo-Saxon names of, Witan-ige or Witan-eye, which meant "Island of the Parliament'. The 'Book of Oxfordshire Place Names', by Margaret Gelling, advises us that Witney is derived from Wittas Island, being 'The Water Meadow of Witta', Witta being a local chieftain. It has also been suggested that James the First held a Parliament here in Witney, and the venue wherein this supposed Parliament was held would naturally enough have taken the name 'Parliament House'.
From whatever source the old building received its name, we could probably argue about until Doomsday, however, what we do know for certain is that 'Parliament House' is haunted by the ghost of a happy young servant girl.
She has the appearance of a young woman of between eighteen and tweenty years of age, with dark hair, dark eyes and a good complexion. The clothes she wears would be typical nineteen twenties 'between stairs' uniform as worn by maid-servants.
Witney is situated in the south east of the Cotswolds 12 miles from Oxford, 7 miles from Blenheim Palace and 28 miles (45 minutes) away from Broadway in the Northern Cotswolds.
Witney is ideally located as a base for touring the Oxfordshire Cotswolds including Burford, Minster Lovell, Swinbrook, Brize Norton, Great Tew, Woodstock and Blenheim Palace, and of course the City of Dreaming Spires of Oxford. Also useful for the southern Gloucestershire towns and villages including Bibury and Chipping Norton and the very local attraction of Cogges Manor Farm Museum and the famous Cotswold Wildlife Park.
So if you are looking for bed and breakfast accommodation, weekend break or just last minute break away please contact Corncroft Guest House, Witney, Oxfordshire.
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