Hawley (Hampshire)

Hawley is a village in the civil parish of Blackwater and Hawley(where the 2011 Census population was included) 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 3mi north of central Farnborough, Hampshire, about 2mi west of Camberley, Surrey and about west-southwest of London. Hawley is also next to Cove, a large suburban village of Farnborough.HistoryThe first written record of Hawley is from 1248, in the COMPOTUS DE CRUNDAL, 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). 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). Historical spellings also include Hawleye, Halle and Hallie.The tithings of Yateley and Hawley were listed as parcels of the Manor and Hundred of Crondall in 1567. The Parish of Hawley was created out of the Parish of Yateley in 1838.Parish churchThe Church of England parish church of Holy Trinity built in 1837 J.B. Clacy of Reading enlarged the church in 1857. Charles Buckeridge expanded it further in 1863, adding the chancel arch, chancel rib-vaulting and apse. The tower and spire were added in 1882. The building is in a Gothic Revival style of about AD 1300 and is listed Grade II (listing 26 June 1987). The parish's daughter church, All Saints', South Hawley is located in Chapel Lane at its junction with Fernhill Road.