The manor of Lyford dates from at least AD 944, when Edmund I granted six hides of land there to one Ælfheah.
The manor was enlarged by a grant of a further two hides of land by Canute the Great in 1034.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records Lyford as Linford.

The present manor house was built in the latter part of the 16th century and extended in 1617.
It is a Grade II* listed building.
The manor of Lyford dates from at least AD 944, when Edmund I granted six hides of land there to one Ælfheah. The manor was enlarged by a grant of a further two hides of land by Canute the Great in 1034. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Lyford as Linford.
The present manor house was built in the latter part of the 16th century and extended in 1617. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Lyford, Oxfordshire