Hedgerley

Hedgerley

Saint Mary the Virgin parish church

:Cottages in Hedgerley
Hedgerley
 Hedgerley shown within Buckinghamshire
Area  6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population 873 (2011 census including Jordans)[1]
   – density  128/km2 (330/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU9687
Civil parishHedgerley
DistrictSouth Bucks
Shire countyBuckinghamshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Slough
Postcode district SL2
Dialling code 01753
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBeaconsfield
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Coordinates: 51°34′34″N 0°36′07″W / 51.576°N 0.602°W / 51.576; -0.602

Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Beaconsfield and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Gerrards Cross. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedgerley Dean since 1934 (which was once a hamlet in 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.

Demography

 2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1]
Output areaHomes owned outrightOwned with a loanSocially rentedPrivately rentedOtherkm² roadskm² waterkm² domestic gardenskm² domestic buildingskm² non-domestic buildingsUsual residents km²
Civil parish 125 126 66 36 3 0.113 0.016 0.243 0.033 0.014 873 6.8

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

  1. 1 2 Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. ↑ A Vision of Britain through Time: Relationships / unit history of Hedgerley
  3. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Place Names
  4. 1 2 3 Pevsner, 1973, page 160

Sources

Media related to Hedgerley at Wikimedia Commons

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