Hailey, Oxfordshire
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Hailey is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) north of Witney
, Oxfordshire
. The village comprises three neighbourhoods: Middletown on the main road between Witney and Charlbury
, Poffley End on the minor road to Ramsden
and Delly End on Whiting's Lane.
was a small house built of Cotswold stone
in the 15th century, and was enlarged to its present size in the 16th and 17th centuries. Delly End has a terrace
of 17th century cottages. Swanhall Farm, east of Poffley End, was built in about 1700. The Manor House in Delly End is an ashlar
-fronted early Georgian
house of six bays
.
was built in 1761 and extended in 1830. It was demolished and replaced by the present French Gothic style parish church of Saint John the Evangelist
in 1866-69. It was designed by the young Gothic Revival architect
Clapton Crabb Rolfe, whose father Rev. George Crabb Rolfe was the perpetual curate
. The Oxford Diocesan
Architect G.E. Street
condemned Rolfe's first designs as "needlessly eccentric". The completed church has a strangely-shaped bell-turret. The font
, sited in the north aisle, is from the earlier Georgian parish church.
A Methodist
chapel was built in 1908. It is now a private house.
: the Lamb and Flag, whose building dates from the 17th century.
Hailey Cricket Club plays in the Oxford Cricket Association League. Witney Rugby Football Club has its ground in Hailey. The village has a small primary school; in 2011 it had 94 pupils.
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. The village comprises three neighbourhoods: Middletown on the main road between Witney and Charlbury
Charlbury
Charlbury is a small town and civil parish in the Evenlode valley, about north of Witney in West Oxfordshire. It is on the edge of the Wychwood forest and the Cotswolds.-Place name:The origin of the town's toponym is obscure...
, Poffley End on the minor road to Ramsden
Ramsden, Oxfordshire
Ramsden is a village and civil parish about north of Witney in West Oxfordshire.-History:The course of Akeman Street Roman Road linking Cirencester with London passes through the parish, bisecting the village. It is now part of the Wychwood Way long distance path...
and Delly End on Whiting's Lane.
Manors
The Old Manor HouseManor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
was a small house built of Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone is a yellow oolitic limestone quarried in many places in the Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England. When weathered, the colour of buildings made or faced with this stone is often described as 'honey' or 'golden'....
in the 15th century, and was enlarged to its present size in the 16th and 17th centuries. Delly End has a terrace
Terraced house
In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
of 17th century cottages. Swanhall Farm, east of Poffley End, was built in about 1700. The Manor House in Delly End is an ashlar
Ashlar
Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges...
-fronted early Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
house of six bays
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
.
Churches
A Church of England parish churchChurch of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
was built in 1761 and extended in 1830. It was demolished and replaced by the present French Gothic style parish church of Saint John the Evangelist
John the Evangelist
Saint John the Evangelist is the conventional name for the author of the Gospel of John...
in 1866-69. It was designed by the young Gothic Revival architect
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
Clapton Crabb Rolfe, whose father Rev. George Crabb Rolfe was the perpetual curate
Perpetual curate
A Perpetual Curate was a clergyman of the Church of England officiating as parish priest in a small or sparsely peopled parish or districtAs noted below the term perpetual was not to be understood literally but was used to indicate he was not a curate but the parish priest and of higher...
. The Oxford Diocesan
Diocese of Oxford
-History:The Diocese of Oxford was created in 1541 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln.In 1836 the Archdeaconry of Berkshire was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury to Oxford...
Architect G.E. Street
George Edmund Street
George Edmund Street was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex.- Life :Street was the third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. George went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell collegiate school, which he left in 1839...
condemned Rolfe's first designs as "needlessly eccentric". The completed church has a strangely-shaped bell-turret. The font
Baptismal font
A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...
, sited in the north aisle, is from the earlier Georgian parish church.
A Methodist
Methodist Church of Great Britain
The Methodist Church of Great Britain is the largest Wesleyan Methodist body in the United Kingdom, with congregations across Great Britain . It is the United Kingdom's fourth largest Christian denomination, with around 300,000 members and 6,000 churches...
chapel was built in 1908. It is now a private house.
Amenities
Hailey has a public housePublic house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
: the Lamb and Flag, whose building dates from the 17th century.
Hailey Cricket Club plays in the Oxford Cricket Association League. Witney Rugby Football Club has its ground in Hailey. The village has a small primary school; in 2011 it had 94 pupils.