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==Landmarks and structures== [[File:Henley Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|[[Henley Bridge]] over the [[River Thames]]]] [[File:Henley Bridge, engraved by Hay from a drawing by J.P.Neale, from Beauties of England and Wales, London, 1812.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Henley Bridge, engraved in 1812 from a drawing by [[John Preston Neale|J. P. Neale]], and published in ''[[The Beauties of England and Wales]]'']] [[File:Chantry House Henley-on-Thames.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Chantry House, next to the church]] [[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 Β£200,000 repair programme after being hit by the boat ''Crazy Love'' in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=975849 |title=Bridge damage costs Β£200,000 in repairs |newspaper=[[Henley Standard]] |date=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232135/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=975849 |archive-date=26 April 2014 }}</ref> About {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=off|round=0.5}} upstream of the bridge is [[Marsh Lock]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A user's guide to the River Thames|url=http://a0768b4a8a31e106d8b0-50dc802554eb38a24458b98ff72d550b.r19.cf3.rackcdn.com/geth0309bpgk-e-e.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228133209/http://a0768b4a8a31e106d8b0-50dc802554eb38a24458b98ff72d550b.r19.cf3.rackcdn.com/geth0309bpgk-e-e.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2013}}</ref> Henley Town Hall, which occupies a prominent position in the Market Place, was designed by [[Henry Hare (architect)|Henry Hare]] and completed in 1900.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Town Hall|num=1047802|access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1047033 |desc=Chantry House |grade=I |access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|St Mary the Virgin]] is nearby and has a 16th-century tower.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Mary's, Henley {{!}} THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, HENLEY-ON-THAMES|url=http://www.stmaryshenley.org.uk/|access-date=2 September 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815124905/http://www.stmaryshenley.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tower and Chapel of St. John the Baptist|url=http://www.stmaryshenley.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/The-Tower-and-Chapel-of-St-John-the-Baptist.pdf|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529110112/https://www.stmaryshenley.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/The-Tower-and-Chapel-of-St-John-the-Baptist.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Old Bell (Henley on Thames)|The Old Bell]] is a [[public house|pub]] in the centre of Henley on Bell Street. The building has been dated from 1325: the oldest-dated building in the town.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brakspear.co.uk/our_pubs/pub_page/53/old-bell | title=Old Bell | publisher=[[Brakspear]] | location=UK | access-date=5 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511153913/http://www.brakspear.co.uk/our_pubs/pub_page/53/old-bell | archive-date=11 May 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> To celebrate [[Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee]], 60 oak trees were planted in the shape of a [[Victoria Cross]] near Fairmile, the long straight road to the northwest of the town.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Henley-on-Thames&sll=51.535552,-0.893841&sspn=0.018232,0.05652&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Henley-on-Thames,+Bell+Street,+Henley-on-Thames,+Oxfordshire+RG9+2,+United+Kingdom&t=h&ll=51.551873,-0.913314&spn=0.005417,0.016512&z=17 | title=Map | work=[[Google Maps]] | publisher=Google Maps | access-date=8 November 2016 | archive-date=29 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529110115/https://www.google.com/gen_204?v=3&s=tactile&action=vtworker&srt=763&tbsrt=811&tran=15&conn=onchange&ei=-R6yYMK0B5j8-gTC5YuoAw&cad=vws:2800.7350005209446,cr:wccf10,ct:2,jsv:20210525.0,w:980,h:20834,drv:n&e=10202786,10202788,10202942,10203279,10203448,10203487,10203489,10203509,10203568,10203575,10203810,10203988,10203999,10204007,10204011,10204020,10204034,10204088,10204112,10204121,10204171,10204214,10204219,10204226,10204258,10204277,10204293,10204297,10204429,10204432,10204463,10204466,10204488,1381938,1371340,1381033,1368782,1368785,1385853,46990830,1375050,4536287&atyp=csi&rt=noop.0 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/regulars/136016/oak-trees-planted-for-victorias-diamond-jubilee-still-going-strong.html|title=Oak trees planted for Victoria's diamond jubilee still going strong|date=18 February 2019|newspaper=Henly Standard|access-date=26 April 2021|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426141232/https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/regulars/136016/oak-trees-planted-for-victorias-diamond-jubilee-still-going-strong.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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, Buckinghamshire|Greenlands]], which took its present form when owned by [[W. H. Smith]] and is now home to [[Henley Business School]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Briefing News Update β Henley Business School | date =Summer 2008 | publisher = University of Reading}}</ref>
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