Summary
East Hanney is a village, and civil parish on Letcombe Brook about 3 miles (5 km) north of Wantage. Historically East and West Hanney were formerly a single ecclesiastical parish of Hanney.[2] East Hanney was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.
| East Hanney | |
|---|---|
  East Hanney Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 796 (2001 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU4192 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wantage |
| Postcode district | OX12 |
| Dialling code | 01235 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | TheHanneys |
Churches edit
East Hanney had a chapel by 1288, dedicated to Saint James, but Alice Yate is said to have dissolved it after she took over the manor in 1546.[2] The present Church of England parish church of Saint James the Less[2] was designed by the Gothic Revival architect George Edmund Street in a 13th century English style and built in 1856.[3] It has since been made redundant and converted into a private home. Hanney Chapel is Non-conformist and was built in 1862.[4] It was closed after the First World War but reopened in 1943.[4]
Economic history edit
Dandridge's Mill is a Georgian water mill built in the 1820s as a silk mill.[5] It is a Grade II Listed building but after it ceased working it became derelict.[5] In 2007 it was restored as four private apartments.[5] It is a low-carbon redevelopment with a number of sources of renewable energy, including an Archimedean screw[5] on the millstream that powers the property's own electricity generator.
Amenities edit
East Hanney has a public house, the Black Horse[6] free house. There is also a branch of the Royal British Legion. Hanney War Memorial Hall includes a village shop with sub-Post Office.
Gallery edit
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Hanney Chapel -
The Black Horse
References edit
- ^ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ a b c Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 285-294
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 133
- ^ a b "Introducing Hanney Chapel". Welcome to Hanney Chapel. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d Tyzack, Anna (4 November 2010). "Period Property". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "The Black Horse". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
Sources edit
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 285–294.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 133.
External links edit
Media related to East Hanney at Wikimedia Commons