The small village of Mongewell in South Oxfordshire grew up at the site of a spring and its name means ´Munda´s stream´.

For centuries it was an estate village, centred on Mongewell Park, which since 1953 has been the home of Carmel College (now closed).

In the college grounds a path leads to the ruined church beside the river where only the chancel and polygonal bell turret remain standing.