 In 1880 the house was renamed as Sherfield Manor and by 1897 had been further extended.The Liddell family acquired the manor house in 1908 and were the last owners to hold manorial courts, responsible for minor offences, local administration, and the regulation and customs of the Sherfield upon Loddon manor.Their son, John Aidan Liddell, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, won both the Military Cross and the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the First World War and died from the wounds he had suffered in winning the VC.