Haile
| Haile | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Haile village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY035091 |
| Location: | 54°27’50"N, 3°29’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 617 (2011) |
| Post town: | Egremont |
| Postcode: | CA22 |
| Dialling code: | 01946 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Copeland |
Haile is a small village in western Cumberland. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet. The A595 road passes close by. The village stands high, and is exposed to the west winds. The wider parish, running down to the River Ellen, includes the township of Wilton.[1]
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haile:
"HAILE, or HALE, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; near Copeland forest, the river Eden, and the Whitehaven and Furness railway, 2½ miles SSE of Egremont. It includes the hamlet of Wilton; and its post town is Egremont, under Whitehaven. Acres, 3, 220."[2]
Parish Church
Haile's Parish Church has no dedication and so is just 'Haile Parish Church'. It is a small church nestling in a vale just outside the village of Haile surrounded by a picturesque churchyard. It has Georgian plain arched windows cut through mediæval walls. A west porch was added in 1882 and a Vicotrian restoration was carried out in 1883. A quoin in the south-east of the church is part of a Saxon cross-shaft, with scrolls.
Outside against the West wall is a monument to John Ponsonby (1670, while the window depicting St George and the dragon, is a memorial to a later Ponsonby, who died in 1952.
The church is linked with the Egremont Team Ministry.[3]
Village Hall
The Haile and Wilton School opened in 1880 and provided education for the children of the parish until it closed in 1955. The building was then maintained by Haile Church until 1974 when it was transferred to an independent charity and established as Haile Village Hall. The hall was enlarged and refurbished between 1999 and 2000.[4]
Sports and leisure
There are a range of sport facilities near Haile. The Egremont Rangers ARLFC is in close proximity, as well as Winscales Squash Club and the Golf Centre. The nearest gym is Fitness Factory Egremont.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cumbria Haile) |
References
- ↑ Information on Haile from GENUKI
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870): Haile '(Vision of Britain)'
- ↑ Haile Parish Church: A Church Near You
- ↑ Haile Village Hall
- Haile on UK Villages