Hawley, Hampshire
| Hawley | |
  Hawley Hawley shown within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU8559 |
|---|---|
| - London | 33 miles (53 km) |
| Civil parish | Blackwater and Hawley |
| District | Hart |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Camberley |
| Postcode district | GU17 |
| Dialling code | 01252 or 01276 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Aldershot |
| Website | Blackwater and Hawley Town Council |
Hawley is a village in the civil parish of Blackwater and Hawley[1] in the Hart district of northeastern Hampshire, England.
The village is contiguous with the small town of Blackwater. It is on the western edge of the Blackwater Valley conurbation, about 3 miles (5 km) north of central Farnborough, Hampshire, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Camberley, Surrey and about 33 miles (53 km) west-southwest of London. Hawley is also next to Cove, a large suburban village of Farnborough.
History
The first written record of Hawley is from 1248, in the COMPOTUS DE CRUNDAL,[2] spelt as Halely, Halle and Hallee and later in 1280 as Hallegh. And spelt as Hallie and Halley in the Documents relating to the Foundation of the Chapter of Winchester AD 1541-1547, published by the Hampshire Record Society in 1888 (Pages 69,72 and 87).[3] The name is believed to be derived from Old or Medieval English Healhleah or Healhaleah meaning ‘clearing or meadow of the nook(s)’; alternatively ‘projecting corner of administrative unit’ (Hawley is located close to county boundary with Surrey).[4] Historical spellings also include Hawleye, Halle and Hallie.[5]
The tithings of Yateley and Hawley were listed as parcels of the Manor and Hundred of Crondall in 1567.[4] The Parish of Hawley was created out of the Parish of Yateley in 1838.[6]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Holy Trinity[7] built in 1837[8] J.B. Clacy of Reading[9] enlarged the church in 1857.[8] Charles Buckeridge expanded it further in 1863, adding the chancel arch, chancel rib-vaulting and apse.[8] The tower and spire were added in 1882.[8] The building is in a Gothic Revival style of about AD 1300[8] and is listed Grade II (listing 26 June 1987).[10] The parish's daughter church, All Saints', South Hawley is located in Chapel Lane at its junction with Fernhill Road.
Amenities
Hawley has a village hall, village green, equestrian centre, private leisure centre, a cricket ground and a playground area for children.
Hawley has two schools. Hawley Primary School[11] is a local authority school teaching boys and girls to Key Stages 1 and 2. Hawley Place School[12] is an independent day school comprising a mixed nursery, a junior school and a girls-only secondary school.
Some 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the village is Hawley Lake (via a forest walk about 20 minutes from Hawley Green), which is used by the British Army for basic sailing training and also has a private boating club. The lake is used for dinghy sailing, jet-skiing, speed-boating and water-skiing. There is also a beach on its southern shore which is used by local residents. Each Guy Fawkes Night the Army gives a firework display on the lake's islets, attracting thousands of visitors from many miles around.[citation needed]
Film location
Hawley Lake and the surrounding woodland is often used as a feature film location. Including the opening sequence of the 2002 film Die Another Day in which James Bond is in North Korea.[13] Scenes from the 2005 film Sahara [14] and scenes from the second Johnny English film Johnny English Reborn, notably the cable car station.[15] The BBC filmed episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum at the lake in the 1980s.[16]
References
- ↑ Blackwater and Hawley Town Council
- ↑ Hampshire Record Society, THE CRONDAL RECORDS - HISTORICAL AND MANORIAL (1891)
- ↑ Documents relating to the Foundation of the Chapter of Winchester AD 1541-1547 published by the Hampshire Record Society in 1888 (Pages 69,72 and 87)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hawley Historical Rural Settlement Publication
- ↑ 'Cove - Old and New' by Maye Watson and L. F. CALLINGHAM (circa. 1925) Page 32 and 45
- ↑ Hawley Park and Green Draft Conservation Area Proposal Statement by Hart District Council 2002
- ↑ Parish of Hawley, Holy Trinity
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 280
- ↑ Brodie, Felstead, Franklin & Pinfield, 2001, page 375
- ↑ British listed buildings
- ↑ Hawley Primary School
- ↑ Hawley Place School
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246460/locations IMDB incorrectly listing the location as Hawley Hill, Aldershot
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318649/locations
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634122/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt
- ↑ Photograph of the cast of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum at Hawley Lake, June 1980
Sources
- Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan et al., eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 375. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 280–281.
External links
Media related to Hawley, Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons
