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Up Hatherley
Up Hatherley shown within Gloucestershire |
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| Parish | Up Hatherley |
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| Shire county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHELTENHAM |
| Postcode district | GL51 |
| Dialling code | 01242 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Tewkesbury |
| List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire | |
Up Hatherley is a civil parish and a suburb of the spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington, it became a parish in 1887 and became a part of Cheltenham in 1991.[1]
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The village was recorded (combined with Down Hatherley) as Hegberleo in 1022.[1] It was listed as Athelai in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2][3] In 1273 it was known as Dunheytherleye and in 1221, Hupheberleg.[3] The name derived from the Old English hagu-thorn + lēah meaning "hawthorn clearing".[3] the distinguishing affixes "Up" and "Down" derived from the Old English upp meaning "higher upstream" and dūne meaning "lower downstream".[3] Down Hatherley is a separate parish three miles (5 km) downstream on the Hatherley Brook.[1]
The parish of Up Hatherley was formed from a small settlement of scattered farms in 1887 and remained little changed until 1945.[1] Prior to that it had been considered a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington. Along with Swindon Village, Leckhampton and Prestbury, the parish was added to the borough of Cheltenham in 1991.[4] Part of the parish was transferred to the parish of Shurdington.[4]
Up Hatherley, with a small part of the parish of Leckhampton, forms the ward of Up Hatherley, represented by two councillors on Cheltenham Borough Council.[5] It is part of the Cheltenham constituency and is represented in parliament by Liberal Democrat MP Martin Horwood.
There was a church at Up Hatherley from at least 1022.[6] The original church was destroyed in a fire in about 1640 and Up Hatherley parishioners had to use the north aisle of the church of nearby village Shurdington.[1][6][7] The church of St. Philip and St. James was built between 1885 and 1886. It cost £2,000 and was paid for by Rev. W. H. Gretton and Mrs Gretton.[1] The late Rev. Gretton had donated the land and his widow had intended to have a chapel built since her failing health made it difficult for her to travel as far as Badgeworth to attend church.[6] When residents asked her if they could attend the proposed chapel, she decided to have a village church built.[6] The new church, seating approximately 150 parishioners, was consecrated in 1886 by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester.[6] The first vicar of the new parish was Rev. E. L. Jennings.[6]
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