Up Hatherley | |
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Location within
Gloucestershire | |
Population | 6,072 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SO914204 |
Civil parish |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHELTENHAM |
Postcode district | GL51 |
Dialling code | 01242 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Up Hatherley is a civil parish and a suburb of the spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington, it became a parish in 1887 and became a part of Cheltenham in 1991. [2]
The village was recorded (combined with Down 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] Down Hatherley is a separate parish three miles (5 km) downstream on the Hatherley Brook. [2]
The parish of Up Hatherley was formed from a small settlement of scattered farms in 1887 and remained little changed until 1945. [2] Prior to that it had been considered a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington. Along with Swindon Village, Leckhampton and Prestbury, the parish was added to the borough of Cheltenham in 1991. [5] Part of the parish was transferred to the parish of Shurdington. [5]
Up Hatherley, with a small part of the parish of Leckhampton, forms the ward of Up Hatherley, represented by two councillors on Cheltenham Borough Council. [6] It is part of the Cheltenham constituency and is represented in parliament by Conservative MP Alex Chalk.
There was a church at Up Hatherley from at least 1022. [7] The original church was destroyed in a fire in about 1640 and Up Hatherley parishioners had to use the north aisle of the church of the nearby village of Shurdington. [2] [7] [8] The church of St. Philip and St. James was built between 1885 and 1886. It cost £2,000 and was paid for by Rev. W. H. Gretton and Mrs Gretton. [2] The late Rev. Gretton had donated the land and his widow had intended to have a chapel built since her failing health made it difficult for her to travel as far as Badgeworth to attend church. [7] When residents asked her if they could attend the proposed chapel, she decided to have a village church built. [7] The new church, seating approximately 150 parishioners, was consecrated in 1886 by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. [7] The first vicar of the new parish was Rev. E. L. Jennings. [7]
Up Hatherley | |
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Location within
Gloucestershire | |
Population | 6,072 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SO914204 |
Civil parish |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHELTENHAM |
Postcode district | GL51 |
Dialling code | 01242 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Up Hatherley is a civil parish and a suburb of the spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington, it became a parish in 1887 and became a part of Cheltenham in 1991. [2]
The village was recorded (combined with Down 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] Down Hatherley is a separate parish three miles (5 km) downstream on the Hatherley Brook. [2]
The parish of Up Hatherley was formed from a small settlement of scattered farms in 1887 and remained little changed until 1945. [2] Prior to that it had been considered a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington. Along with Swindon Village, Leckhampton and Prestbury, the parish was added to the borough of Cheltenham in 1991. [5] Part of the parish was transferred to the parish of Shurdington. [5]
Up Hatherley, with a small part of the parish of Leckhampton, forms the ward of Up Hatherley, represented by two councillors on Cheltenham Borough Council. [6] It is part of the Cheltenham constituency and is represented in parliament by Conservative MP Alex Chalk.
There was a church at Up Hatherley from at least 1022. [7] The original church was destroyed in a fire in about 1640 and Up Hatherley parishioners had to use the north aisle of the church of the nearby village of Shurdington. [2] [7] [8] The church of St. Philip and St. James was built between 1885 and 1886. It cost £2,000 and was paid for by Rev. W. H. Gretton and Mrs Gretton. [2] The late Rev. Gretton had donated the land and his widow had intended to have a chapel built since her failing health made it difficult for her to travel as far as Badgeworth to attend church. [7] When residents asked her if they could attend the proposed chapel, she decided to have a village church built. [7] The new church, seating approximately 150 parishioners, was consecrated in 1886 by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. [7] The first vicar of the new parish was Rev. E. L. Jennings. [7]