Hatherop
Hatherop is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Fairford in Gloucestershire. The River Coln forms part of the western boundary of the parish.[1]
History
Barrow Elm, about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) southeast of the village, is a prehistoric tumulus.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Hatherop as Etherope,[2] derived from the Old English hēah and throp meaning "high outlying farmstead".[3]
The village and parish adjoin the parkland of Williamstrip, a 17th-century country house that was the seat of Michael Hicks Beach, the first Earl St Aldwyn.[4][5]
The architect Henry Clutton partly rebuilt Hatherop Castle for Baron de Mauley in 1850–56.[6] Clutton also rebuilt the Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas for the same client in 1854–55.[6]
The architect and builder Richard Pace built Severalls as a rectory for the parish in 1833.[7] Letchmere, a set of cottages built in 1856, was later converted into a rectory and Severalls became a private house.[7]
The 3,850-acre (1,560 ha) Hatherop Estate was acquired by the trustees of the Ernest Cook Trust in 2002 from the Bazley family, who had owned the estate for more than 130 years.
Following the death of Sir Thomas Bazley in 1996, his children were very keen to retain the community of the estate and avoid breaking it up. They said at the time: “One of the main factors in our decision to sell the estate to the Ernest Cook Trust is our wish to preserve the estate for future generations. We feel that selling to the Ernest Cook Trust is the best way to maintain its special character, as well as retaining the unspoilt nature of the villages of Eastleach and Hatherop, which our father valued so much.” [8]
Education
Hatherop has a Church of England primary school,[9] which in 2006 had 68 pupils.[10] Hatherop Castle is now an independent co-educational preparatory school.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Extract From National Gazetteer, 1868". GENUKI. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Hatherop". Domesday Book. The National Archives. 1086. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ Mills, 1998, page 170
- ^ Hall, 1993, page 83
- ^ Bentley, 1999, pages 268
- ^ a b Verey, 1970, page 270
- ^ a b Verey, 1970, page 272
- ^ Hatherop and the Ernest Cook Trust
- ^ Hatherop Church of England Primary School
- ^ "Hatherop Church of England Primary School". Department for Children, Schools and Families. 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
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- ^ "Hatherop Castle School, Gloucestershire". ISBI. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
Sources
- Bentley, Michael (1999). Politics Without Democracy, 1815-1914. Blackwell. p. 268. ISBN 0631218130.
- Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press. p. 83. ISBN 0907115683.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Mills, A.D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0192800744.
- Verey, David (1970). The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 270–272. ISBN 0 14 071040 X.
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