Down Hatherley

The church of St Mary and Corpus Christi

Down Hatherley is a civil parish and village in Tewkesbury (borough) near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It has approximately 165 houses and a population of 450, reducing to 419 at the 2011 census.^[1]

The village was recorded (combined with Up Hatherley) as Hegberleo in 1022.^[2] It was listed as Athelai in the Domesday Book of 1086.^[3]^[4] In 1273 it was known as Dunheytherleye and in 1221, Hupheberleg.^[4] The name derived from the Old English hagu-thorn + lēah meaning "hawthorn clearing".^[4] the distinguishing affixes "Up" and "Down" derived from the Old English upp meaning "higher upstream" and dūne meaning "lower downstream".^[4] Up Hatherley is a separate parish three miles upstream on the Hatherley Brook.^[2] Historic buildings include St Mary's Church (15th-century tower, otherwise rebuilt 1860) and Hatherley Court (or House) (17th century), now a hotel.

Jemmy Wood, The Gloucester Miser, was a former owner of Hatherley House and estate.^[5]

Notable residents

Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence, son of the rector
Peter Bellinger Brodie (1815–1897), geologist and churchman
The Page Wood Baronets of Hatherley House
Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), Lord Chancellor
Sir Frederick Courtenay Selous (1851–1917), explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

References and sources

References

↑ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 2 April 2015".
1 2 "Up Hatherley, Warden Hill and Surrounding Areas". Cheltenham4U.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
↑ "Down Hatherley, Gloucestershire". Domesday Book. The National Archives. 1086. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
1 2 3 4 Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
↑ Jemmy Wood. Down Hatherley History, 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

Sources

Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, David Verey, Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England, Penguin, 1970, ISBN 0-14-071041-8. P.172.

External links

Village web site

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Coordinates: 51°54′07″N 2°12′19″W / 51.90194°N 2.20528°W / 51.90194; -2.20528

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