Minley
Minley is a hamlet in the Hart District of Hampshire, England. In the ecclesiastical parish of Minley and the civil parish of Blackwater and Hawley.[1] It lies on the A327 road between the M3 and Yateley. Its nearest town is Blackwater, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) away to the northeast.
History
Minley is included in the Domesday Book[2] as Mindeslei,[3] in the Holesete Hundred, Hantescire (Hampshire) as a Manor in Yateley, assessed at 2 hides and worth 20s, and was in the possession of Alsi son of Brictsi.[2]
Historic spellings of Minley include; Mundeleya, 1189-1199; Mundele, 1236; Mendeley, 1280; Mynley, 1516[4] and Mindley in the 18th century.[5] Minley ferm (Farm) is shown on an Old map by Norden from 1607[6] being in the Crundall Hundred of Hamshire.
In the Domesday Book, the Manor of Minley is described as an area of land/estate of 2 hides (approx. 240-300 acres); now however, Minley Manor is a term used locally for the mansion house built by Henry Clutton in 1858-1860, which was formerly used by the Royal School of Military Engineering.[7]
Guillemont Barracks, located further north on the Minley Road, were built in 1938.[8] After the site was decommissioned by the British Army, it was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997 for £36m.[9] Sun Microsystems intended to build 5 office buildings on the site, but after two phases were complete and the dot com bubble bursting in 2000, phase 3 was halted mid-build [9] (the steel superstructure of the last two buildings, that weren't completed, remained until March 2015). With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation in 2009[10] business and staff were relocated to Oracle's Headquarters in Thames Valley Park, Reading. Property company Landid bought the former headquarters in January 2011. In December 2013, a planning application to demolish the part built structures and to build 150 homes on the site was refused.[11]
Gibraltar Barracks, located further north on the Minley Road, were built in the 1970s and are still in use.[12]
References
- ^ Blackwater and Hawley Town Council
- ^ a b Minley entry in Open Domesday
- ^ British History Online website
- ^ Crondal records from Yateley Local History
- ^ Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Archived at the University of Portsmouth
- ^ Old map by Norden from 1607
- ^ "Historic Minley Manor sold to international investor". Insider Media. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Mary and John: the early years, Volume 2 by Michael John Laekas
- ^ a b db Real Estate news January 2011
- ^ Sun Microsystems (8 June 2009). "Definitive Merger Proxy". EDGAR. United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ Rushmoor Borough Council planning application
- ^ "Visit of Her Majesty the Queen to the Corps of Royal Engineers 29 October 1976". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
External links
- Minley Historic Rural Settlement publication, including tithe map of 1846
- Photograph of Church of St. Andrews, Minley
