Haseley
| Haseley | |
|---|---|
 A house in Haseley Green | |
  Haseley Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 207 (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | SP2332867653 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WARWICK |
| Postcode district | CV35 |
| Dialling code | 01926 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Haseley is a small village and former civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is four miles north-west of the county town of Warwick and nine miles (14.5 km) south-east of Solihull, now in the parish of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, created on 1 April 2007.[1] The village is on the A4177 and, as it is only five miles (8 km) from the M40 motorway, is easily accessible . Haseley proper, along with Haseley Knob, Haseley Green and Waste Green, consists mainly of detached houses spread over a large area, giving the parish a very low housing density. The 2001 census recorded 207 residents living in 92 dwellings. It is an affluent area, with an average house price of around £277,000 (about $367,325).[2] Due to this and its proximity to the tourist towns of Warwick and Stratford upon Avon, several large and highly rated hotels are around the village.
Haseley Manor, a Grade II-listed country house,[3] formerly the staff college for the British Motor Corporation and its nationalised successor British Leyland,[4] now consists of luxury apartments.[5] The parish church, St Mary's, is medieval in origin and revealed evidence of its original decoration during restoration work some years ago.
Haseley Hall[edit]
Haseley Hall was the home of Sir James Sawyer from 1890 to 1919. After his death, his executors sold the house to a Birmingham company, W and T Avery, to use as a club for their employees.[6] Eventually finding the house too far from Birmingham, the company sold it in 1927 to Warwick Corporation for £6,350 (£4,000 less than the council's finance committee had expected to pay). [7] [8] [9]The Corporation wanted the estate because the Warwick water works lay within its bounds. They had no interest in the house, which they considered demolishing.[10] However, in 1929, they leased it to a charity to use as a children's convalescent home. [11]In 1975, the Severn-Trent Water Authority sold the house to the Leamington Housing Association, which turned it into thirteen flats.[12] [13][14]In 1994, the association offered the house for sale at a guide price of £200,000. [14]The buyer turned it into seventeen luxury apartments.[14]
Notable people[edit]
Job Throckmorton (1545-1601), a Puritan campaigner, lived at Haseley. In June 1589, he and John Penry installed a printing press in his house to print three "Marprelate tracts" attacking the episcopacy.[15]
Sir James Sawyer lived at Haseley Hall from 1891 to 1919.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Warwick (Parishes) Order 2007" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Historic England. "HASELEY MANOR, Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall - 1035207 (1035207)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Nicholls, Ian (11 March 2013). "History : The complete BMH story - Part One". AROnline. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Knowsley, Jo (19 November 2018). "Historic Hasley Manor in Warwickshire is having a makeover". Metro Newspaper UK. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "W. and T. Avery". Smethwick Telephone. 26 July 1919. p. 3.
- ^ "W. & T. Avery Limited, Annual Meeting". Smethwick Telephone. 23 July 1927. p. 7.
- ^ "Haseley Hall Estate". Coventry Herald. 8 July 1927. p. 10.
- ^ "Oken's Feast, A Good Stroke of Business". Leamington Spa Courier. 18 November 1927. p. 3.
- ^ "Future of Haseley Hall". Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser. 16 June 1928. p. 8.
- ^ "Haseley Hall". Leamington Spa Courier. 13 September 1929. p. 9.
- ^ "Haseley Hall". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 27 February 1975. p. 59.
- ^ "Sheltered plan will help all". Birmingham Mail. 9 February 1980. p. 29.
- ^ a b c "Haseley Hall". Birmingham Daily Post. 14 April 1994. p. 28.
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. pp. 329–330.
External links[edit]
Media related to Haseley at Wikimedia Commons
