Hedgerley
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 Saint Mary the Virgin parish church |
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  Hedgerley |
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| Area | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
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| Population | 873 (2011 census)[1] |
| – density | 128/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU9687 |
| Civil parish | Hedgerley |
| District | South Bucks |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Slough |
| Postcode district | SL2 |
| Dialling code | 01753 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Beaconsfield |
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Coordinates: 51°34′34″N 0°36′07″W / 51.576°N 0.602°W
Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Beaconsfield. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedgerley Dean since 1934 (which was once a hamlet in parish of Farnham Royal).[2] It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east and south of the large village of Gerrards Cross which has a rapid railway connection to London.
The toponym name "Hedgerley" is derived from the Old English meaning "Hycga's woodland clearing". In manorial rolls in 1195 it was recorded as Huggeleg.[3]
Architecture and geography
Hedgerley has aside from its green spaces in the foothills of the Chiltern Hills a linear layout of red brick and timber framed cottages, amongst which Victoria Cottages date from the 16th century.[4] It is bounded to the north by the M40 motorway. Above most houses on a hillside is the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin, designed by the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1852.[4] The Tudor Revival Rectory was built in 1846.[4]
In film, fiction and the media
Scenes from Lionel Jeffries' 1972 family film 'The Amazing Mr Blunden' were filmed in the village's traditional developed area and at the church.
The village including the fields and woods of the parish featured in an episode of Midsomer Murders, a television series.
Demography
| Output area | Homes owned outright | Owned with a loan | Socially rented | Privately rented | Other | km² roads | km² water | km² domestic gardens | km² domestic buildings | km² non-domestic buildings | Usual residents | km² |
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| Civil parish | 125 | 126 | 66 | 36 | 3 | 0.113 | 0.016 | 0.243 | 0.033 | 0.014 | 873 | 6.8 |
The village's most notable resident was the infamous Judge Jeffreys (1645–89) notorious for ordering the death penalty, particularly to accused leading men and physical combatants in the Duke of Monmouth's premature and violent rebellion against the unpopular king James II of England.
A few fields in the parish are called the sea fields as in spring they become full with bluebells.
References
- 1 2 Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
- ↑ A Vision of Britain through Time: Relationships / unit history of Hedgerley
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Place Names
- 1 2 3 Pevsner, 1973, page 160
Sources
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1966]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 160. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
External links
Media related to Hedgerley at Wikimedia Commons
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