Down Hatherley
Down Hatherley is a civil parish and village in Tewkesbury (borough) near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It has approximately 165 houses and a population of 450.
The village was recorded (combined with Up 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] Up Hatherley is a separate parish three miles upstream on the Hatherley Brook.[1] Historic buildings include St Mary's Church (15th-century tower, otherwise rebuilt 1860) and Hatherley Court (or House) (17th century), now a hotel.
Jemmy Wood, The Gloucester Miser, was a former owner of Hatherley House and estate.[4]
Notable residents
- Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence, son of the rector
- Peter Bellinger Brodie (1815–1897), geologist and churchman
- The Page Wood Baronets of Hatherley House
- Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London
- William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), Lord Chancellor
- Sir Frederick Courtenay Selous (1851–1917), explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist
References and sources
- References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Up Hatherley, Warden Hill and Surrounding Areas". Cheltenham4U.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ "Down Hatherley, Gloucestershire". Domesday Book. The National Archives. 1086. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
- ↑ Jemmy Wood. Down Hatherley History, 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- Sources
- Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, David Verey, Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England, Penguin, 1970, ISBN 0-14-071041-8. P.172.
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Coordinates: 51°54′07″N 2°12′19″W / 51.90194°N 2.20528°W