Hedgerley
| Hedgerley | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Saint Mary the Virgin parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU9687 |
| Location: | 51°34’34"N, -0°36’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 873 (2011 (including Jordans)[1]) |
| Post town: | Slough |
| Postcode: | SL2 |
| Dialling code: | 01753 |
| Local Government | |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Beaconsfield |
Hedgerley is a village and parish in Buckinghamshire. three miles south-east of Beaconsfield and two and a half miles south-west of Gerrards Cross. The civil parish has incorporated Hedgerley Dean since 1934 (which was corresponds to the hamlet in the ancient parish of Farnham Royal).[2]
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
Situated in the foothills of the Chiltern Hills, Hedgerley is 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. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was 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 and at the church.
The village including the fields and woods of the parish featured in an episode of Midsomer Murders.
The village's most notable resident was the infamous Judge Jeffreys (1645–89).
A few fields in the parish are called the sea fields as in spring they become full with bluebells.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pevsner, 1973, page 160
Sources
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1966]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 160. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
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