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| The Civil Parish of Headley stands on
high ground above a loop of the River Wey and it is recorded in the
Domesday Survey as '"Earl Eustace holds five hides in Hallege which were
assessed in the time of King Edward as three hides. They were held by
Earl Godwin, and are reckoned as part of Sutton"' which means 'clearing
in the heath'. It borders on Surrey and includes the hamlets of
Standford, Afford, Headley Village and Headley Down, Barfordm,
Wishanger, Sleaford, Trottsford and a part of Holly water. They wee held
by the Earl Godwin and are said to be part of Sutton, which is the Manor
of Bishop's Sutton where Headley was situated at that time.
All Saints Church stands in the centre of the parish and a church has been there since the 12th century and it is thought that a wooden Saxon church was here before then. The tower which had a spire that burnt down in 1836, is from the late 14th century and the nave and chance were reconstructed in the late 1859s. Outside the Holly Bush public house can be seen a chestnut tree and around its base is a metal seat which has the various ways of spelling Headley inscribed upon it. Two different events are linked to Headley Grange that was constructed as a Union Workhouse for nearby Bramshot and Kingsley parishes as well as Headley. A riotous mob of over a thousand men from various parishes had descended on the village during the 1830 Swing Riots and damaged the grange. But repairs were made and it carried on as a workhouse till in 1870 it was sold to become a private residence, and it was also leased out as a recording studio.
Headley down is on a higher level and the name was not really legally noted until the Post Office made an announcement in March 1923 that the official name of "the Telephone Call Office which has been established on Stone Hill will be Headley Down." The area was gradully built up and had its own shops and post office and church of St Francis. On the eastern edge of the parish are Barford and Whitmore Vale which are close to Churt in Surrey and there were three water mills operating at the same time here on what was then just a small stream and papermaking was the main industry. The River Wey flows south to north and loops through to the west of the parish with several small tributaries flowing form it, and water mills featured a lot along its length, and later only Headley Mill remained in good conditions. The High Street in Headley is more commonly known as The Street housed All Saints, The Rectory and Tithe Barn and there were sevral shops and small industries flourishing here but over the years modern technology has beaten them and they are now a mere handful. Until September 1902 Grayshott was a part of Headley and Lindford and what is now known as Bordon was a part until 1929. Headley lost 619 men in World War I and 96 of these were killed in action and their names are for evermore remembered on the War Memorial, IMAGES OF
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