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St. Peter's parish church |
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Great Haseley
Great Haseley shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 512 (parish, including Latchford, Little Haseley, North Weston & Rycote) (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU6401 |
| Parish | Great Haseley |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX44 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| Website | The Haseleys |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Great Haseley is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire. The village is about 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Thame. The parish includes the hamlets of Latchford, Little Haseley and North Weston and the house, chapel and park of Rycote. The parish stretches 6 miles (10 km) along a northeast — southwest axis, bounded by the River Thame in the north, Haseley Brook in the south and partly by a boundary hedge with Little Milton parish in the west.
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The Domesday Book of 1086 records that a Norman nobleman, Miles Crispin, held the manor of Great Haseley.[2] In the 13th century the manor belonged to Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk.[2] In 1332 Edward III granted Great Haseley to William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton.[2]
The Old Rectory was built in the 14th or 15th century.[3] It was rebuilt in 1846 but retains a 14th century window, a 15th century window and its 15th century hall.[3] Great Haseley tithe barn was built in about 1400.[3] It was originally 14 bays long, but only seven bays survive.[3]
The Manor House was built in the 17th century, altered in about 1700 and has a Georgian stable block.[3]
A school for the boys of the village was founded in 1600, enlarged in the 18th century and rebuilt in 1902.[2]
Great Haseley has a tower mill, now derelict, about 600 yards (550 m) north of the village.[3]
The village is the birthplace of Alfred St. George Hamersley[4], a nineteenth century barrister, English MP and English rugby union international who played in the first ever international match, went on to captain his country and pioneered the sport in the south of New Zealand and in British Columbia.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from about 1200.[5] The three-bay arcades linking the nave with the north and south aisles are in a Transitional style from Norman to Early English Gothic, as is an external doorway that has been re-set on the west side of the bell-tower.[5] The chancel and its arch were built late in the 13th century,[6] and it retains all of its Decorated Gothic windows from that time.[7] In the 14th century each aisle was extended eastwards with a fourth bay,[5] and at the end of each aisle is a chapel with a squint into the chancel.[7] The northeast chapel is Perpendicular Gothic,[7] as are the bell-tower and the clerestorey that was added to the nave.[5] The Gothic Revival architect Thomas Garner restored the chancel in 1897.[7]
The tower had a ring of four bells by 1552.[8] In 1641 two of these bells were re-cast and a fifth bell was added.[8] The other two original bells were re-cast in the 1690s and 1774, and a sixth bell was added in 1775.[8] In 1925 two of the bells were re-cast and all six were re-hung.[8]
St. Peter's parish is now part of a single benefice with the parishes of Great Milton and Little Milton.[9]
Great Haseley has one public house, the Plough.
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