Hales
| Hales | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Margaret's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM382972 |
| Location: | 52°31’19"N, 1°30’33"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 525 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR14 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Hales is a village in Norfolk, a mile and a half south-east of Loddon and elevan miles south-east of Norwich. It stands is at the junction of the A146, between Norwich and Lowestoft, and the B1136, between Hales and Haddiscoe.
The 2021 census recorded a total population of 525 people.
History
The name of Hales is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English healh for nook of land.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Hales is listed as a settlement of 54 households, divided between the estates of Roger Bigod, Godric the Steward, St Edmunds Abbey and Ralph Baynard.[2]
Hales Hall was built in 1478 by Sir James Hobart, the Attorney General of King Henry VII. Hobart acquired the estate from Sir Roger de Hales, whose daughter had married the Duke of Norfolk. In 1666, the last Hales heiress was Lady Dionysia Williamson, who left her estate to her nephew, John Hoskins.[3]
In 1957, two Gloster Meteors of No. 74 Squadron RAF crashed in Hales after a mid-air collision. Both pilots (FO W.R. Taylor of Cleethorpes and FO R.G. Baillie of Edinburgh) were killed.[4]
St Margaret's Church
Hales' parish church, St Margaret the Virgin and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. St. Margaret's is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1960.[5] The church is no longer open for Sunday services and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[6]
St. Margaret's was lightly restored in the Victorian era by Herbert John Green and still hosts mediæval wall paintings.[7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hales) |
- St Margaret's: European Round Tower Churches
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Hales in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "The story of Hales Hall & the Great Barn | Heritage & History" (in en-GB). https://haleshall.com/hales-hall-great-barn-history/.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Mid-air collision Accident Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 WA879, Thursday 3 January 1957". https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20310.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1169239: Church of St Margaret, Hales (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Trust, Churches Conservation. "St Margaret's Church, Hales, Norfolk" (in en). https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-churches/has.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hales/hales.htm.